Boss Loving Someone Who Has Dementia

How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-07728-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Research-based advice for people who care for someone withdementia
Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are sufferingfrom some kind of dementia and require care. Loving SomeoneWho Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It'snot about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-goingstress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members,friends, neighbors as well as educators andprofessionals--anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr.Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"--having aloved one both here and not here, physically present butpsychologically absent.
* Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring forsomeone who has dementia
* Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who arecognitively impaired and no longer as they used to be
* Offers approaches to understand and cope with the emotionalstrain of care-giving
Boss's book builds on research and clinical experience, yet thematerial is presented as a conversation. She shows you a way toembrace rather than resist the ambiguity in your relationship withsomeone who has dementia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boss, Pauline

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.