Therapeutic Activities for the Handicapped Elderly
Author: Charlotte M. Hamill
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 322
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Author: Charlotte M. Hamill
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Phyllis M. Foster
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-02
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1317840143
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly. It will serve as a helpful resource for both those who work directly with the aged in institutional settings, as well for those who train activities counselors.Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly addresses a number of pertinent issues and provides useful information on designing and implementing recreation and socialization programs, memory improvement classes, sign language activities, and leisure education and counseling.
Author: Phyllis M. Foster
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-02
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1317840135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly. It will serve as a helpful resource for both those who work directly with the aged in institutional settings, as well for those who train activities counselors. Therapeutic Activities With the Impaired Elderly addresses a number of pertinent issues and provides useful information on designing and implementing recreation and socialization programs, memory improvement classes, sign language activities, and leisure education and counseling.
Author: M Jean Keller
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 113658109X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn how to effectively plan and deliver activities for the growing number of older people with developmental disabilities. Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults is an innovative new book that aims to stimulate interest and continued support for recreation program development and implementation among developmental disability and aging service systems. Particularly useful for human service professionals working in the areas of developmental disabilities and aging, this practical volume will also be of interest to researchers, educators, and students interested in recreation services with older adults who are developmentally disabled. The older adult population with developmental disabilities (DD) continues to grow rapidly, yet little is known about their needs and interests. In this book a wide variety of authors share innovative and creative strategies for programming activities with older adults with DD. They focus on diverse issues, services, and programs from researchers, educators, and practitioners, represented varied disciplines. Each chapter demonstrates the diversity that makes serving a growing number of older individuals with DD both challenging and rewarding. Among the wealth of information you will find in Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults are discussions on the characteristics of this population and challenge activity professionals to seek innovative program strategies to appropriately serve individuals with DD companionship/friendship, physical functioning, and retirement adjustment issues that confront older adults who have lived with lifelong disabling conditions how a continuum of recreational activities is needed to provide meaningful experiences to elders with developmental disabilities how to design therapeutic recreation programs survey instruments that can be used to gain information about the needs of elderly persons with DD how to find specific programs and services that are age appropriate and foster creative expression and positive self-esteem a rationale for the development of integrated recreation programs
Author: Jules C Weiss
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-05
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1135818568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA classic book on the use of expressive therapies with uncommunicative elders and the disabled. This poignant guide explores group and individual therapeutic activities that promote creativity, self-expression, communication, and understanding of one’s life. An experienced art therapist relates his insights into the psychosocial dynamics of elders and the disabled and shares his awareness of the sensitivity and understanding required to reach the “unreachable.” Health care workers will find this illustrated volume rich in therapeutic techniques and processes applicable to the care and growth of psychologically and physically disabled or minimally handicapped adults and elders.
Author: Carol Bowlby
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a must for all who work with persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. It provides extensive hands-on activities and the essential background information that will allow staff to understand and work with this population. A complete working guide, each section of activities provides related research, general principles and methods, detailed plans for specific activities, and suggested resources. This all-around resource also includes a chapter on administrative and reimbursement issues.
Author: Tessa Perrin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1351698605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a guideline on what constitutes good practice in activity provision. This guide presents: a benchmark against which activity providers can measure and evaluate their practice; clear links to national standards; and guidance for care home owners who wish to respond to the government initiatives on providing activities for their clients.
Author: Olga Hurley
Publisher: Center for the Study of Aging, Incorporated
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sandra D. Parker
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781882883011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of 75 practical activities and programs for therapists working with older adults. In addition to the instructions and helpful hints for each activity, the authors have also included the therapeutic benefits of each activity (e.g., concentration, increasing endurance, olfactory stimulation, etc.). Plan your activity calendar using this collection of well-balanced activities! Chapters: How to Train and Motivate Volunteer Activity Leaders, Large Muscle Activities, Mental/Memory Activities, Arts and Crafts, Music, Dance and Drama, Outdoor/Nature Activities, and Religious Activities.
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 676
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