Communication in elderly care : cross-cultural perspectives /: cross-cultural perspectives. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Backhaus.
• Other Names: Backhaus, Peter, 1975-
• Contents: Preface / Nikolas Coupland -- 1. Introduction / Peter Backhaus -- 2. Elderspeak in institutional care / Kristine N. Williams -- 3. Dementia care communication in residential facilities: Intersections of training and research / Boyd H. Davis and Mary K. Smith -- 4. Creating a positive communication environment in long term care settings / Rosemary Lubinski -- 5. Care of people with Alzheimer's Disease in New Zealand / Margaret Maclagan and Annabel Grant -- 6. Roles, relations and the loss of autonomy in caretaking of the elderly in Denmark / Trine Heinemann -- 7. A German case study on communication in migrant-in-the-family eldercare / Hilke Engfer -- 8. Institutional role play in a Japanese eldercare facility / Peter Backhaus -- 9. What peer conversations suggest for communication in elderly care / Yoshiko Matsumoto -- 10. Art, Alzheimer's Disease, and discourse: Talk in response to museum paintings / Heidi Hamilton -- 11. Using narrative arts to foster personhood in dementia / Ellen B. Ryan and Lori Schindel Martin.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages)
• Subjects: 305.26; Older people -- Communication; Older people -- Social networks -- Cross-cultural studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging; Older people -- Communication; Older people -- Social networks; Altenpflege; Kommunikation; Kulturvergleich; Äldre -- språk; Äldre -- hälso- och sjukvård; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Health Services for the Aged; Professional-Patient Relations; Communication; Geriatrics; Long Term Care -- in old age; Older people -- Care; Social Science; Health; Medicine; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441179852; 1441179852
• Related ISBNs: 9781441112545; 1441112545
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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