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Caregiving-Leisure and Aging (Paperback)
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Caregiving-Leisure and Aging (Paperback)
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Create programs that make good use of the leisure time of the
elderly, and of those who care for them!Caregiving is a vital issue
in today's rapidly aging society. Each year, a greater number of
elderly people find themselves in need of care, and at the same
time, more elderly adults than ever are finding themselves in the
caregiving role. Caregiving--Leisure and Aging blends the work of
six experts in the field, exploring implications for future
practice and research, examining caregivers and care receivers and
their need for appropriate leisure and recreation activities, and
sharing innovative recreation programs to help caregivers and those
in their care enrich the quality of their lives.Here you'll find: a
review of literature which examines caregivers'health behaviors and
discusses sleep improvement, home-based exercise, and several
interventions the common factors found in successful leisure and
activities programs for older adults and those who care for them
in-depth case studies of three women who cared for their older
husbands with dementia and the rationale behind their sacrifice of
personal leisure time to provide this care a survey of rural and
urban caregivers to individuals with Alzheimer's disease specific
leisure education strategies that have been used successfully in
caregiver support groups an examination of the innovative
Family-based Structural Multisystem In-home Interventions (FSMII)
with a Computer Telephone Integration System (CTIS)
projectCaregiving--Leisure and Aging provides information and ideas
regarding the importance of leisure both to those elderly people
receiving care and also to the aging adults who selflessly deliver
that care.
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