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The Forgotten Aged - Ethnic, Psychiatric, and Societal Minorities (Paperback)
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The Forgotten Aged - Ethnic, Psychiatric, and Societal Minorities (Paperback)
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This helpful book explores mental health issues relating to elders
who do not fit into the "usual" mold for research--white, married
or widowed, urban or suburban persons with adult children. The
Forgotten Aged focuses on those groups of elders often overlooked
in gerontological literature--elder African-Americans, rural aged,
gay and lesbian aged, parents of developmentally disabled
offspring, older developmentally disabled persons themselves, and
"orphan" elders (those who do not have close family members who can
serve as caretakers). The book offers "how to" advice on issues
such as outreach, intervention, residential placement and
transition, assessment, psychotherapy, and team building to help
readers learn effective ways of helping elderly persons from these
various groups. With an optimistic tone, it explores how more
attention and resources, combined with flexible modifications of
programs and practices, can yield favorable results for everyone
involved. In The Forgotten Aged, authors examine a variety of
pertinent topics including: assessment of dementia and depression
in African-Americans multidisciplinary team outreach to elderly
living in rural areas therapeutic issues with gay and lesbian aged
residential transitions for developmentally disabled elderly
helping aging parents of developmentally disabled offspring
intervention with "orphan" elderly with Alzheimer's diseaseSocial
workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, nurses, and
counselors involved in providing support and care for elderly
persons will find The Forgotten Aged a useful guide in their daily
work and decisionmaking. This book can also serve as an
enlightening supplementary text in courses that study aging and the
elderly.
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