Handbook of psychosocial interventions with older adults
Subtitle: evidence-based approaches
By: edited by Sherry M. Cummings, Nancy P. Kropf
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780415481854; 9780415481861
Subjects: Evidence Based Interventions; Older Adults; Social work with older people; Evidence-Based Practice; Mental health services; Personne âgée; Intervention psychosociologique; Evidence-based social work; Études diverses; Mental Health Issues; Social Functioning; Evidence-based psychiatry; Older people; Medical care; Caregivers
Description: "In the past decade, evidence based practice (EBP) has emerged as one of the most important movements to improve the effectiveness of clinical care. As the number of older adults continues to grow, it is essential that practitioners have knowledge of effective strategies to improve both the medical and the psychosocial aspects of older persons' lives. The purpose of this work is to present systematic reviews of research-based psychosocial interventions for older adults and their caregivers. The interventions presented focus on a variety of critical issues facing older adults today including medical illnesses (cardiac disease, diabetes, arthritis/pain, cancer, and HIV/AIDS), mental health/cognitive disorders (depression/anxiety, dementia, substance abuse), and social functioning (developmental disabilities, end-of-life, dementia caregivers, grandparent caregivers). For each of these areas the prevalence of the problem, the demographics of those affected, and the nature and consequences of the problem are discussed. The empirical literature is then reviewed. A treatment summary highlights the type and nature of research supporting the interventions reviewed and is followed by a conclusion section that summarizes the status of intervention research for the specified issue. A Treatment Resource Appendix for each area is included. These appendices highlight manuals, books, articles and web resources that detail the treatment approaches and methodologies discussed."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Overview of evidence-based practice with older adults and their families / Sherry M. Cummings, Nancy P. Kropf; title: Cardiac conditions / Michel D. Peck, Amy L. Ai; title: Cancer treatments / Peter Maramaldi, Sheryn Dungan, Nancy Levitan Poorvu; title: Arthritis pain / Eunkyung Yoon, John B. Doherty; title: Diabetes treatments / Vaughn A. DeCoster; title: HIV/AIDS treatments / Charles A. Emlet, R. Andrew Shippy; title: Depression and anxiety / Margaret E. Adamek, Greta Yoder Slater; title: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias / Sara Sanders, Carmen Morano; title: Substance abuse / Sherry M. Cummings [and others]; title: Individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers / Philip McCallion, Tara Nickle; title: Treatment at the end of life / Deborah P. Waldrop; title: Familial caregivers of older adults / Kimberly McClure Cassie, Sara Sanders; title: Grandparent caregivers / Stacey Kolomer; title: Concluding thoughts / Nancy P. Kropf, Sherry M. Cummings.