Dementia and Social Work Practice: Research and Interventions » (1st Edition)

Carole B. Cox, Ph.D., is professor at the Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the author of more than 50 journal articles and chapters dealing with various aspects of aging and caregiving. She has done extensive research on caregivers for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their needs, and use of services with a particular focus on ethnicity. In the last few years, she has expanded her interest in caregiving to that of grandparents raising their grandchildren. She has developed a program and curriculum for empowerment training for grandparents, Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Training Manual for Group Leaders (Springer Publishing Company, 2000) and is also the editor of To Grandmothers House We Go and Stay: Perspectives on Custodial Grandparents (Springer Publishing Company, 2000). Her other books include Home Care for the Elderly: An International Perspective, co-authored with Abraham Monk (1991); The Frail Elderly: Problems, Needs, and Community Responses (1993); Ethnicity and Social Work Practice, co-authored with Paul Ephross (1998); and Community Care for an Aging Society: Policies and Services (Springer Publishing Company, 2005).

"Practical coverage of driving, day care, support groups, and respite is particularly welcome. This is a good book to have available, not just for social work faculty and students, but also for those in the health sciences, psychology, and sociology. It will be a useful resource for professionals coping with the increasing problems for family and community that an aging population and the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease bring with them....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduate through professionals/practitioners."--Choice

Beyond the immediate and devastating effects dementia can have on individuals and their quality of life are the strains that are placed on the families, caregivers, and communities that support them. Social workers are in a unique position to address all these issues at the same time that they provide care for individuals with dementia.

To facilitate the entrance of social workers into this area of care, Carol B. Cox has edited a volume of expert articles on the biological, psychological, and social aspects of dementia. . Readers will learn the latest assessment instruments, as well as how to distinguish between Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer's dementias. Intervention strategies for every stage of dementia are presented. The effects of culture and diversity on the treatment of persons with dementia are examined, including examples of successful programs from several countries. The benefits and drawbacks of adult day services, community care, and residential care are discussed. Finally, a discussion of the legal, financial, and psychological stresses faced by caregivers of those with dementia rounds out this much needed text.

Contributors

Preface

Foreword

Part 1: Setting the Stage for Social Work, Carole B. Cox

1. Social Work and Dementia, Carole B. Cox


2. Alzheimer's Disease and Non-Alzheimer's Dementias, Darby Morhardt and Sandra Weintraub


3. Assessments of Individuals with Dementia, Victoria Cotrell


4. Social Work and Dementia: Implications of Coexisting Medical Conditions, Katie Maslow

Part 2: The Early Stage and Interventions with Families, Carole B. Cox

5. The Experiences and Needs of People with Early-Stage Dementia, Lisa Snyder


6. Helping Families Face the Early Stages of Dementia, Daniel Kuhn


7. Family Care and Decision Making, Carol J. Whitlatch and Lynn Friss Feinberg


8. Coping with Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical Interventions with Families, Cynthia Epstein

Part 3: Diversity and Dementia, Carole B. Cox

9. Culture and Dementia, Carole B. Cox


10. Psychoeducational Strategies for Latino Caregivers, Maria P. Aranda and Carmen Morano


11. Model Dementia Care Programs for Asian-Americans, Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Bei Wu, Kun Chang, and Jennifer K. Hohnstein


12. Models from Other Countries: Social Work with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers, Jill Manthorpe and Jo Moriarty


13. Caring for Persons With Dementia in Australia, Teorrah Kontos

Part 4: Community Care, Carole B. Cox

14. Care Management with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers, Elizabeth Baxter


15. Community Mobility and Dementia, Nina M. Silverstein and Lisa Peters-Beumer


16. Social Work and Dementia Care Within Adult Day Services, Jed Johnson and Marilyn Hartle


17. Support Groups: Meeting the Needs of Families Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Edna L. Ballard


18. Respite, Rhonda J.V. Montgomery and Jeannine M. Rowe

Part 5: Residential Care and Other Models, Carole B. Cox

19. Information to Promote Quality Dementia Care in Residential Settings, Sheryl Zimmerman


20. Quality Care in Residential Settings: Research into Practice, Jeanne Heid-Grubman

Part 6: Conclusions, Carole B. Cox

21. Concluding Remarks: The Challenge for Social Work, Carole B. Cox

Resources

Index