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Counselling carers: supporting relatives of confused elderly people living at home
- Author:
- PAPADOPOULOS Andrew
- Publisher:
- Winslow Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 72p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bicester
Looks at the physical, social and psychological needs of carers. Summarises the nature, causes and management of confusion in the elderly. Counselling methods are outlined and practical advice provided on setting up local support schemes.
Directory of services for elderly people in the UK
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
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Family work with elderly people
- Author:
- FROGGATT Alison
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 151p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Encourages social workers to focus on the family systems of each elderly person, and to develop practice initiatives which take account of all the important relationships of that person.
Caring for people: help at the frontline
- Author:
- ROGERS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 175p.,list of orgs,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Practical guidance for people working with the elderly such as care support workers and assistants working in private and local authority residential homes, as home care assistants, as auxiliaries in hospitals or as trainee social workers. Includes chapters on what it is like to be a client; help with daily living; listening and talking; dealing with emergencies; and death and bereavement.