Supporting the caregiver in dementia
Subtitle: a guide for health care professionals
By: edited by Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, Victor A. Molinari, and James W. Lomax.
Contributors: LoboPrabhu, Sheila M., 1969-; Molinari, Victor, 1952-; Lomax, James W., 1944-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Dementia -- Patients -- Care; Caregivers -- Mental health; Dementia -- nursing; Caregivers -- psychology; Patient Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of caregiving in dementia / Stephen H. Zarit; title: The caregiver in dementia / Sharon K. Ostwald; title: From home to nursing home: a continuum of care for persons with dementia / Irving Hellman; title: Caregiver burden / Victor A. Molinari; title: The affective interpersonal bond in caregiving / Sheila M. LoboPrabhu; title: Religious participation and caregiving: a psychodynamic perspective / James W. Lomax; title: Caregiving and the sexual relationship in dementia / Naomi D. Nelson; title: Grief and loss in dementia / Hana Osman; title: Care of the caregiver: the role of pharmacotherapy for dementia patients with behavioral disturbances / Melissa Martinez and Mark E. Kunik; title: Care of the caregiver: individual and family interventions / Silvia Sørensen, Deborah King, and Martin Pinquart; title: Social supports for the caregiver / David A. Chiriboga; title: Health care policies and caregivers / Margaret P. Norris; title: Ethnic elders and caregiving / F.M. Baker; title: The ethics of dementia caregiving / Michele J. Karel and Jennifer Moye.