Insights and Opportunities for a Growing Profession
With the rapid growth of the aging population, the need for geriatric social workers is at an all-time high. This resource for students and practitioners addresses the critical demand head-on by illuminating the many rewards, challenges, and opportunities for social workers to provide counseling, care management, and support to older adults.
Print-and-Go Games and Ideas to Entertain the Brain
Activity staff will love the fun, games, and ideas packed into these CD collections that help excite the brains of young and old alike! Drawn from author Kathy Laurenhue's successful Brain Aerobics Weekly publication, each CD-ROM contains an engaging assortment of original trivia quizzes, exercises in creativity, word games, discussion topics, and ......
A useful tool for initiating communication and providing stimulation for persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. It can be used by children, adults, and family as well as health professionals as a device to interact with those suffering from memory loss.
Activities for Growth and Expression in Older Adults
Presents activity ideas for encouraging exploration and self-expression in older adults experiencing varying degrees of limitation in mental or physical performance. The goal is to present engaging activities that respect and celebrate each person's lifelong knowledge and experiences.
Enjoy the benefits and reduced stress that come from reconnecting people with dementia to lifelong activities they love. Using a strength-based approach, this guide shows step by step how to design meaningful, individualized activities that can be performed by a person with memory loss as independently as possible.
Administrators and managers in healthcare can improve their own expertise and performance by learning and mastering the 12 critical interpersonal, financial, and organisational management skills in this highly practical guide. This easy-to-read book applies basic business leadership principles specifically to the field of healthcare ......
Although Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders can interfere with communication skills, this book stimulates remaining abilities and lets you connect in positive ways. Use this book to start a conversation, encourage physical closeness, promote intergenerational exchanges with children, or provide a calming diversion.
Print-and-Go Games and Ideas to Entertain the Brain
Activity staff will love the fun, games, and ideas packed into these CD collections that help excite the brains of young and old alike! Drawn from author Kathy Laurenhue's successful Brain Aerobics Weekly publication, each CD-ROM contains an engaging assortment of original trivia quizzes, exercises in creativity, word games, discussion topics, and ......
Print-and-Go Games and Ideas to Entertain the Brain
Activity staff will love the fun, games, and ideas packed into these CD collections that help excite the brains of young and old alike! Drawn from author Kathy Laurenhue's successful Brain Aerobics Weekly publication, each CD-ROM contains an engaging assortment of original trivia quizzes, exercises in creativity, word games, discussion topics, and ......
