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Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia: A Guide for Health Care Professionals »

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Authors: Sheila M. LoboPrabhu (Editor), Victor A. Molinari (Editor), James W. Lomax
ISBN-13: 9780801883439, ISBN-10: 0801883431
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Sheila M. LoboPrabhu

Sheila M. LoboPrabhu, M.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and a staff psychiatrist at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Victor A. Molinari, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Aging and Mental Health at the University of South Florida. James W. Lomax II, M.D., is Professor and Karl Menninger Chair of Psychiatric Education in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine.

Book Synopsis

Alzheimer dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing seniors and their caregivers around the globe. Developed by experts in both research and practice, this guide for mental health clinicians explores the experience of caregiving in dementia, discussing the latest research developments and sharing clinical pearls of wisdom that can easily be translated to daily practice.

Table of Contents

1The history of caregiving in dementia3
2The caregiver in dementia25
3From home to nursing home : a continuum of care for persons with dementia46
4Caregiver burden63
5The affective interpersonal bond in caregiving85
6Religious participation and caregiving : a psychodynamic perspective104
7Caregiving and the sexual relationship on dementia117
8Grief and loss in dementia132
9The role of pharmacotherapy for dementia patients with behavioral disturbances151
10Care of the caregiver : individual and family interventions168
11Health supports for the caregiver192
12Health care policies and caregivers223
13Ethnic elders and caregiving237
14The ethics of dementia caregiving261

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