Pauline Boss

Loving Someone Who Has Dementia

How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief

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Produktbeschreibung

Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9781118002292
• ISBN-10: 1118002296
• Artikelnr.: 33139184

Autorenporträt

Pauline Boss, PhD, is emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota and was visiting professor at Harvard Medical School, 1995?1996, and Hunter School of Social Work, 2004?2005. She is best known for her groundbreaking research as the pioneer theorist and clinical practitioner of stress reduction for people whose loved ones are ambiguously lost.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
1 The Ambiguous Loss of Dementia: How
Absence and Presence Coexist 1
2 The Complications of Both Loss
and Grief 21
3 Stress, Coping, and Resiliency 37
4 The Myth of Closure 55
5 The Psychological Family 71
6 Family Rituals, Celebrations, and
Gatherings 91
7 Seven Guidelines for the Journey 109
8 Delicious Ambiguity 137
9 The Good-Enough Relationship 155
Conclusion 167
A Note to Caregivers About Working
with Health Care Professionals 173
Resources 181
Notes 187
About the Author 215
Index 217