Norman M. Brier

A Guide to Aging and Well-Being for Healthcare Professionals (eBook, PDF)

Psychological Perspectives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides practical evidence-based strategies that will help clinicians to address the main issues an aging person is likely to face.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000754537
• Artikelnr.: 58517311

Autorenporträt

Norman M. Brier (PhD) is a psychologist who was a Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM). He has supervised hundreds of healthcare professionals in assessing and intervening with patients presenting with a variety of clinical concerns, and for more than 20 years has taught a class in patient-doctor communication. Dr. Brier is the author of a number of original articles and books. He continues to maintain a private practice in Bedford, New York and focuses especially on facilitating well-being in older individuals.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Aging and well-being
2. Well-being and the anxiety about the awareness of limited time people have remaining
3. A major challenge to well-being as people age: Retirement
4. A second major challenge to a person's well-being as they age: The increasing number of deaths of significant others
5. Aging, well-being, and life regrets
6. Still another challenge: Age-associated memory loss
7. Aging, well-being, and old-old age
8. Three additional threats to a person's well-being in old-old age: Loneliness, a loss of purpose, and a feeling of mattering less
9. Decline, imminent death, and well-being
10. Summary and synthesis
References
Index