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Older people are entering nursing homes later and sicker than ever before, thus presenting as more physically fragile and complex residents and requiring more advanced care and treatment. To this end, Hyer and Intrieri have gathered together a group of health care professionals who are genuinely dedicated to the care and research of long-term care (LTC) environments. This group seeks to push the envelope for improved use of professional time, effort, and input and in this remarkable book, share their ideas with you. By applying the Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC) model to various care settings, the editors are able to examine current LTC practices and existing psychosocial issues confronting older LTC patients; either support or challenge them; and offer suggestions and strategies, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, for improving the LTC system and residents' physical, psychological, emotional, and social health. This book provides insight on the psychological issues facing long-term care residents for a plethora of health care professionals, including:Physicians and geriatricians who care for older adults in the LTC system Nurses and geriatric nurse specialists Social workers Activity coordinators Physical, occupational, and speech therapists within an LTC setting who are seeking ways to explain behavior and empower the residents they care for Psychologists and psychiatrists whose practice focuses on older adults
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GEROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE
Lee Hyer, EdD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is the director of a geriatric clinic at the University Behavioral Health Care of UMDNJ and directs geropsychology training at UMDNJ. He is the director of a geriatric team that includes geropsychiatry fellows, geropsychology fellows, psychology interns, and graduate students at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology and the Department of Psychology. Clinical work involves nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and outpatient clinics, as well as primary care clinics. Current research includes neuropsychology profiles and memory retraining in dementia, cognitive behavioral therapy in LTC facilities, heart rate variability, and depression and anxiety disorder patterns in older adults. He is the author of over 180 articles and book chapters, and has written two other books. He is a Fellow in American Psychological Association (APA) and Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and has received awards from these organizations, as well as the VA and UMDNJ. Robert C. Intrieri, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Illinois University. He has conducted more than 30 research studies related to aging and the study of emotion, life satisfaction, and perceived stress among differing age groups and has prepared numerous presentations and publications based on this research. He currently holds over 20 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and monographs. In the summer of 2003, Intrieri was an invited participant in the American Psychological Association (APA) hometown radio news programs, designed to promote a greater public awareness of the field of psychology, including well-being and wellness issues and current research. He was elected as a Fellow in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) section of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the oldest and largest multidisciplinary scientific organization in the world devoted to the advancement of aging-related research. He was also elected to membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He has been recently elected as president of Division 12, Section 2 (Clinical Geropsychology) of APA.
GEROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN LON