This report establishes that television consumption in nursing homes, once thought to be problematic, should be seen as desirable, and offers practical suggestions for assessment of communication practices and activity intervention. Part I introduces a group of key informants and their media routines. Part II looks at factors that influence prefere

When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you'll discover a brand new therapeutic approach--spiritual therapy--to treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders. This handy guide will assist you in starting your own renowned spiritually therapeutic program for dementia patients.
Full Circle is a how-to book that will prove you can trigger emotional responses in an individual or group therapy session using the right spiritual cues. In the first ten pages of Full Circle, you'll learn about the Spiritual Therapy Program and find the answers to general questions about...

Jackson (Thai history, Australian National U.) and Sullivan (behavioral sciences, U. of Sydney) present 13 articles which explore how lesbians and gay men who are members of non-anglo ethnic diversities (predominantly of Asian descent) negotiate their sexuality in the dual contexts of the culture of their parents and their childhood and the dominan