Description:Designated a Doody's Core Title!The authors have created a book that comfortably combines substantial research findings with readable, practical guidelines for assessment and intervention in the real-world practice of social work. This authoritatively researched, well-written volume will appeal to the multiple disciplines involved in assisting dementia patients and their families. It will also be useful for academic health care collections...Highly recommended.--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesUnderstanding the role of dementia caregivers in different ethnic and cultural contexts is one of the most important skills that social workers should master. This comprehensive volume provides practical guidance for social work professionals who work with Black and Latino families living with the daily challenges of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. It is grounded in the interpretation and meaning of dementia in Black and Latino cultural heritages, and based on both a solid theoretical framework and the substantial research and clinical expertise of the authors.Detailed, step-by-step guidelines to assessment and intervention in ethnic-specific situations provide useful strategies that go beyond generic solutions. The text presents an overview of the epidemiology and clinical course of dementia with a focus on those forms of the disease most common to Blacks and Latinos. It addresses family care and role responsibilities in ethnic families and their theoretical, ethnic, and cultural foundations. Self-efficacy and cognitive behavioral problem-solving theories are discussed as modalities of choice. The text also considers financial and service delivery trends and use of technology, and provides detailed forms, documents, and dementia care resources. Numerous case studies will help readers to quickly put information into the context of real-world situations.Key Features: Provides concrete, targeted interventions for assisting ethnic family caregivers in confronting day-to-day issuesExplains how and why self-efficacy and cognitive behavioral problem-solving theories are particularly useful for social work with ethnic family caregiversOffers detailed, step-by-step guidelines to assessment and interventionIncludes problem-solving forms, documents, and additional dementia care resourcesContains vivid supporting case studies in each chapterWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families: A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach. To get started finding Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families: A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families: A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach
Description: Designated a Doody's Core Title!The authors have created a book that comfortably combines substantial research findings with readable, practical guidelines for assessment and intervention in the real-world practice of social work. This authoritatively researched, well-written volume will appeal to the multiple disciplines involved in assisting dementia patients and their families. It will also be useful for academic health care collections...Highly recommended.--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesUnderstanding the role of dementia caregivers in different ethnic and cultural contexts is one of the most important skills that social workers should master. This comprehensive volume provides practical guidance for social work professionals who work with Black and Latino families living with the daily challenges of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. It is grounded in the interpretation and meaning of dementia in Black and Latino cultural heritages, and based on both a solid theoretical framework and the substantial research and clinical expertise of the authors.Detailed, step-by-step guidelines to assessment and intervention in ethnic-specific situations provide useful strategies that go beyond generic solutions. The text presents an overview of the epidemiology and clinical course of dementia with a focus on those forms of the disease most common to Blacks and Latinos. It addresses family care and role responsibilities in ethnic families and their theoretical, ethnic, and cultural foundations. Self-efficacy and cognitive behavioral problem-solving theories are discussed as modalities of choice. The text also considers financial and service delivery trends and use of technology, and provides detailed forms, documents, and dementia care resources. Numerous case studies will help readers to quickly put information into the context of real-world situations.Key Features: Provides concrete, targeted interventions for assisting ethnic family caregivers in confronting day-to-day issuesExplains how and why self-efficacy and cognitive behavioral problem-solving theories are particularly useful for social work with ethnic family caregiversOffers detailed, step-by-step guidelines to assessment and interventionIncludes problem-solving forms, documents, and additional dementia care resourcesContains vivid supporting case studies in each chapterWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families: A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach. To get started finding Dementia Care with Black and Latino Families: A Social Work Problem-Solving Approach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.