Résumé : | Presenting an innovative new counseling framework designed around the unique problems and needs arising from dementia, Counseling People with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease guides the counselor and client through the many emotional, practical, and lifestyle issues to be faced.
In her new and easy-to-follow protocol, Robyn Yale—an internationally renowned expert on early-stage support groups (and author of Developing Support Groups for Individuals with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation)—explores topics that include identity and self-esteem, resilience, relating to and educating others, stress management, and more. You will come away with an expanded repertoire of specialized skills and support roles—including coach, care planner, mediator, communications specialist, and problem solver—that will dramatically improve your ability to assist people with early dementia to
- work through complex emotions - tap into useful coping mechanisms - focus on capabilities - adapt to practical circumstances in their day-to-day activities - retain maximum autonomy over lifestyle preference - find new ways to move forward with their lives |