Ulteriori informazioni
Fully updated for its 2nd edition, Care of Older People uses a whole-person and values-led approach to explore practice with older people, providing the opportunity for practitioners to reflect critically on not just what they do but also on how and why.
Sommario
Welcome, About the author, Foreword by Professor Jason Powell, Introduction
, 1. The older people you support are unique, not just 'one of the elderly'. 2. The older people you support are multi-dimensional adults, 3. The older people you support are still on a journey through life and not at the end of it, 4. But some of the older people you support
might be nearing the end of their journey, 5. The older people you support are people
with problems, not problems themselves, 6. The older people you support are capable of giving as well as receiving, 7. The older people you support are likely to be profoundly affected by multiple and cumulative losses, 8. The older people you support are entitled to take risks that you and others may not think are in their best interests, 9. The older people you support are partners in their care arrangements, 10. The older people you support are possibly facing many different challenges, 11. The older people you support are living in the same digital age as you are, 12. The older people you support are able to draw on a range of strengths and resilience factors, Conclusion, Guide to further learning, References. Also by Sue Thompson
Info autore
Dr Sue Thompson has many years' experience as a nurse, social worker, care manager, practice teacher, distance learning tutor, researcher and writer of working in the field of eldercare. Throughout her career, her passion has been to promote eldercare practice which is driven by a desire on the part of those who support dependent older people to help them to live, as far as is possible, the life they want to be living. This passion inspired her PhD study on reciprocity in old age, where she explored whether a sense of 'usefulness' remains important to older people's self-esteem and spiritual well-being when they become significantly dependent on others, and whether this is recognised by those undertaking assessments of their care needs.
