Supervision : competencies and special issues / Kathy Langsam. Aging & the therapist / Doreen Maller -- The aging brain : new frontiers in neuroscience and medicine / Gerardo Rodriguez-Menendz -- The impact of physical challenges on the mental health of the aging population / Caroline D. Bergeron and Matthew Lee Smith -- Diversity in the aging community / Tamara A. Baker, Darlingtina K. Atakere, Jacquelyn A. Minahan, Araba A. Kuofie, and Thomas Dirth -- LGBTQ seniors & mental health : providing compassionate care to age with dignity / Scott Valentine -- Addiction and the elderly : what a strange trip it's been / Annie Fahy -- Supporting our elders on their sexual journey / Melissa Fritchle -- Dignity and companionship at the end-of-life : two contemplations on hope, fear, and human flourishing / John Eric Baugher -- Culture-centered hospice care : welcoming our African American elders home / Denise Boston -- Aging and the law : the legal aspects of aging and care provision / Pamela Zimba -- Supervision : competencies and special issues / Kathy Langsam.
Summary:
This book describes clinical competencies, specific challenges, and applications in providing services to the elderly and their caregivers. It addresses the training needs of mental health care providers serving the aging population, offering holistic and integrated models of care after presenting an in-depth explanation of the brain, body, social, and emotional changes across aging that can trigger psychological disorders. A comprehensive book written by experienced practitioners, this single-volume work describes clinical competencies, specific challenges, and applications in providing services to the elderly and their caregivers. *Includes therapeutic interventions and addresses critical elements including diversity, poverty, disability, and the law and ethics of elder care *Features case studies that clearly illustrate expressive arts, animal-assisted therapy, couple's counseling, family therapy, and evidence-based treatments *Ideally suited to students, psychologists, counselors, therapists, and health professionals who work with, or aim to practice with, elderly people and their families *Enables interns in their early years of practice to ensure that their services are appropriate, client centered, client driven, and evidence-based.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.