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Supporting the caregiver in dementia [electronic resource] : a guide for health care professionals / edited by Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, Victor A. Molinari, James W. Lomax.

Contributor(s): LoboPrabhu, Sheila M, 1969- | Molinari, Victor, 1952- | Lomax, James W, 1944- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xiv, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Dementia -- Patients -- Care | Caregivers -- Mental healthGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.196/83 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The history of caregiving in dementia / Steven H. Zarit -- The caregiver in dementia / Sharon K. Ostwald -- From home to nursing home: a continuum of care for persons with dementia / Irving Hellman -- Caregiver burden / Victor A. Molinari -- The affective interpersonal bond in caregiving / Sheila M. LoboPrabhu -- Religious participation and caregiving: a psychodynamic perspective / James W. Lomax --
Caregiving and the sexual relationship in dementia / Naomi D. Nelson -- Grief and loss in dementia / Hana Osman -- The role of pharmacotherapy for dementia patients with behavioral disturbances / Melissa Martinez and Mark E. Kunik -- Care of the caregiver: individual and family interventions / Silvia Sørensen, Deborah King, and Martin Pinquart -- Social supports for the caregiver / David A. Chiriboga -- Health care policies and caregivers / Margaret P. Norris -- Ethnic elders and caregiving / F.M. Baker -- The ethics of dementia caregiving / Michele J. Karel and Jennifer Moye.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of caregiving in dementia / Steven H. Zarit -- The caregiver in dementia / Sharon K. Ostwald -- From home to nursing home: a continuum of care for persons with dementia / Irving Hellman -- Caregiver burden / Victor A. Molinari -- The affective interpersonal bond in caregiving / Sheila M. LoboPrabhu -- Religious participation and caregiving: a psychodynamic perspective / James W. Lomax --

Caregiving and the sexual relationship in dementia / Naomi D. Nelson -- Grief and loss in dementia / Hana Osman -- The role of pharmacotherapy for dementia patients with behavioral disturbances / Melissa Martinez and Mark E. Kunik -- Care of the caregiver: individual and family interventions / Silvia Sørensen, Deborah King, and Martin Pinquart -- Social supports for the caregiver / David A. Chiriboga -- Health care policies and caregivers / Margaret P. Norris -- Ethnic elders and caregiving / F.M. Baker -- The ethics of dementia caregiving / Michele J. Karel and Jennifer Moye.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.