The plight of the elderly is a growing concern throughout Western society. In Dr. George H. Weber's new release Eldercare: A Clinical Primer for Volunteers, aspects of caregiving and volunteering with the elderly are discussed in a compassionate and practical manner. Through various techniques, from affirmation and support to encouraging expression and active listening, Eldercare discusses how important it is for society to look after and respect this often neglected segment of society. Dr. Carole Cox, Professor at Fordham University says Eldercare "fills a noticeable gap in the...
The plight of the elderly is a growing concern throughout Western society. In Dr. George H. Weber's new release Eldercare: A Clinical Primer for Volun...
This up-to-date bibliography of heretofore scattered references to nursing assistants includes literature pertinent to the construction of models to improve nursing assistant practice and emphasizes the psychosocial skills that are invaluable to the nursing assistant's work. Annotated reviews center on the tasks and context of nursing assistant work and ways to improve practice through training, organizational development, advocacy, and bargaining. Additional chapters present a tentative psychosocial model of nursing assistant practice, offer six intervention models, and investigate ways...
This up-to-date bibliography of heretofore scattered references to nursing assistants includes literature pertinent to the construction of models t...
The nursing assistant has a special and vital role in nursing home care. Providing continuous and close relationships with the nursing home residents, the assistance is challenged daily to solve the numerous problems that arise in working with the elderly. It is frequently the assistant who must find ways to help when residents refuse to get up, become incontinent, cannot find the dining room, cannot sleep, grieve over their families' failure to visit, argue with other residents, make excessive demands for personal care, imagine illnesses and demons, and fear death.
This book is...
The nursing assistant has a special and vital role in nursing home care. Providing continuous and close relationships with the nursing home residen...
