Geriatric Residential Care

by Hill, Robert D.; Thorn, Brian L.; Bowling, John; Morrison, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780805838473
• ISBN10: 0805838473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book's main goal is to examine the concept of residential care from a psychological perspective. The chapter authors espouse a psychological approach to long-term residential care and an effort is made throughout the text to present a model of care that encompasses the whole individual. Since psychologists are being increasingly asked to provide consultation to long-term residential care facilities, the need for psychologically-based care models has become apparent. This text offers assistance in developing and maintaining residential care environments that maximize quality of life and personal well-being in the presence of declining physical and emotional resources that are associated with the vicissitudes of living into advanced aging. Geriatric Residential Care is divided into four parts. Part I addresses psychological and social issues facing the frail elderly who are candidates for, or are living in residential care settings. Part II addresses issues in the assessment of individuals in residential care. Part III highlights the design and execution of intervention strategies in residential care. Part IV addresses how organizational aspects of residential care contexts can optimize the quality and meaningfulness of care.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I: General Concepts in Residential Care	1	(56)
Older Adults in Residential Care: A Population at Risk	3	(18)
Robert D. Hill
Chuck Gregg
Defining Residential Care From a Developmental Perspective	21	(18)
Brian L. Thorn
Biological, Psychological, and Social Issues Facing Older Adults in Residential Care	39	(18)
Kathleen S. King
Mary Ann Johnson
Part II: Assessment Issues in Residential Care	57	(64)
Assessment Strategies and Procedures for Residential Care Placement	59	(18)
Thomas Schenkenberg
The Relationship Between Medical and Psychological Problems in Residential Care	77	(22)
Tim Grange
Anthony Morrison
Assessment for Change in Residential Care	99	(22)
Michael J. Lambert
Matthew J. Davis
Jared Morton
Dan Williams
Part III: Interventions in Residential Care	121	(62)
Psychosocial Interventions: General Principles for Use in Geriatric Residential Care Facilities	123	(16)
Patrick Dulin
Managing Problematic Behaviors	139	(22)
Anthony Morrison
Psychopharmacology With Older Adults in Residential Care	161	(22)
Chris G. Davies
Brian L. Thorn
Part IV: The Residential Care Organization	183	(92)
Training Residential Staff in Intervention Execution and Maintenance	185	(24)
Kimberly O. Sieber
Designing Therapeutic Environments for Residential Care Facilities	209	(18)
Nancy A. Pachana
Creating a Progressive Quality Assurance Culture in Residential Care	227	(24)
John B. Bowling
Marilynn Snell
The Residential Care Organization in the 21st Century	251	(24)
Michael Duffy
Jo Ann Duffy
Author Index	275	(10)
Subject Index	285