Stress Reduction for Caregivers

ISBN-13: 9780876309414 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 154 str.

Jody Olshevski; Anne Katz; Bob Knight

Opis

This volume addresses the issue of how to help caregivers manage and reduce their stress levels. It includes discussion of the stress and coping theories of caregiving and lays out a training approach that utilizes four stress reduction techniques.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Stress and Coping Models of Caregiving Distress; Chapter 2 Dementia Caregiver Burden and Ethnicity, T. J. McCallum; Chapter 3 Stress Level Monitoring; Chapter 4 Progressive Relaxation and Visualization; Chapter 5 The Relaxing Events Schedule; Chapter 6 Stress-Neutral Thoughts; Chapter 7 The Effectiveness of the Stress Reduction Technique; Chapter 8 The Context of Stress Reduction: Community Services and Resources for Caregivers;

O autorze

Jodi L. Olshevski received her M.S. in Gerontology from the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California. Her research interest has focused on caregiver stress, a topic on which she has delivered several lectures and workshops. Ms. Olshevski currently lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. Anne D. Katz, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Clinical Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC), Co-Director of the Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center at USC, and the Clinical Director of the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center at USC. Dr. Katz's current research interests include caregiver stress, AIDS and the elderly, and women's issues and aging. Bob G. Knight, Ph.D., is the Merle H. Bensinger Associate Professor of Gerontology and Psychology at the Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California. He also serves as Director of the Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center and as faculty director of the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center. Dr. Knight was President of Section II, Division 12 (Clinical Geropsychology) of the American Psychological Association in 1997 and has published extensively in the field of mental health and aging.