Ruth Bright

Wholeness in Later Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examining the care of older people from a holistic viewpoint, Ruth Bright argues that all of geriatric care is, or should be, intended to improve the overall quality of life for older people. To that end the book discusses the many different challenges that an older person might face.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781853024474
• ISBN-10: 1853024473
• Artikelnr.: 21002550

Autorenporträt

Ruth Bright is a Consultant Music Therapist who specialises in grief counselling and was Founding President of the Australian Music Therapy Association. She is a long-standing member (and immediate Past-President) of the Board of Directors of the Gerontology Foundation of Australia, a national charity which provides funds for research into aspects of ageing.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: 1.Wholeness and Old Age: Realities and Vulnerabilities. 2.Cultural
Aspects of Growing Older. 3.Sexuality and Relationships. 4.Spiritual
Aspects of Old Age. 5.Physical Challenges to Our Integrity. 6.Emotional and
Psychological Challenges. 7.Dementia and Wholeness. 8.Effects in Later Life
of Earlier Impairment: Ageing with a Physical Disability. 9.Effects in
Later Life of Earlier Impairment; Ageing with Genetic and Congenital
Impairments. PART II: 10. The Practicalities of Music Therapy in Later
Life. 11.Individual Work with Elderly People. 12.Music Therapy for Those
with Physical Disorders. 13.Music for a Social Support Group Programme.
14.Music Therapy in the Management of Aphasia. 15.Terminal Care: Can We
Retain Our Wholeness? 16.Summary: Captains of Our Destiny or Pawns of
Circumstance? References. Index.