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Author: Elspeth Stirling
ISBN : 9780470683354
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Author: Elspeth Stirling
ISBN : 9780470683354
Buy New from $86.25
This book examines the growing importance of positive psychology and its connection to later life.
- Applies Social Role Valorisation (SVR) principles to care of older people, particularly those with seriously disabling conditions such as dementia, stroke, and multiple health problems
- Provides a comprehensive body of positive principles and practical approaches for those who care for older people
- Examines the impact of the devaluation of older people’s lives in the context of societies dependent on technology
- Demonstrates how more age-inclusive societies and open awareness of later-life issues are fundamental to strong communities, as well as to personal happiness and resilience
- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 17, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 047068335X
- ISBN-13: 978-0470683354
- Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 6.6 x 9.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Valuing Older People: Positive Psychological Practice
List of Tables and Figures.
About the Author and Book.
1 The Psychology and Ecology of Ageing.
2 Preventive Psychology in Later Life.
3 Assessment in the New Paradigm.
4 New Paradigm Principles for Intervention.
5 Older People with Cognitive Disabilities.
6 New Paradigm Principles of Service Design.
7 Psychological Therapies with Older People.
References.
Index.
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