Day in, day out with Alzheimer's : stress in caregiving relationships

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    • Lyman, Karen A.

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Day in, day out with Alzheimer's : stress in caregiving relationships

Karen A. Lyman

(Health, society, and policy)

Temple University Press, 1993

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index

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ISBN 9781566390972

Description

Strategies that serve both providers and patients

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. An Introduction to Dementia and Caregiving The World of Dementia Care * Care as Control * The Medicalization of Senility: A Historical Shift * The Biomedical Model of Dementia * A Socioenvironmental Model of Dementia Care * Conclusion 2. Losing It: Stress and Distress in Alzheimer's Day Care Energy: Demanding Work * Losing People: Losing Control * We/They: Social Support * The Caregiving Relationship * The Price of Stress: Quality of Care * Conclusion 3. Care and Control: Managing Stress by Medicalizing Deviance Assessing "Level of Severity" * Infantilization: The Medical Model of Care * Social Control * Social Distance * Staff Stress and Quality of Care in a Nonmedical Program * Conclusion 4. Medicalization, Stress, and Care: Contrasts between Two Day Care Centers Medial and Nonmedical Programs: Structural Conditions * The Medical Model of Caregiving * Contrasts in Work-Related Stress * Contrasts in Quality of Care * Conclusion 5. The Physical World of Day Care: Environmental Stress and Control Environmental Stress: Four Facility Design Features * Environmental Control and Medicalizing Deviance * Facility Design and Staff Stress: A Case Study * Conclusion 6. What Worked: Providing Quality Care with Minimal Staff Stress A Model Program at Valley Day Care Center * Conclusion 7. What's Next: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications Research Implications * Practice Implications * Policy Implications * Conclusion Appendix A: Research Methods and Researcher Role Appendix B: Tables Notes References Index
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9781566390989

Description

Strategies that serve both providers and patients

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. An Introduction to Dementia and Caregiving The World of Dementia Care Care as Control The Medicalization of Senility: A Historical Shift The Biomedical Model of Dementia A Socioenvironmental Model of Dementia Care Conclusion 2. Losing It: Stress and Distress in Alzheimer's Day Care Energy: Demanding Work Losing People: Losing Control We/They: Social Support The Caregiving Relationship The Price of Stress: Quality of Care Conclusion 3. Care and Control: Managing Stress by Medicalizing Deviance Assessing "Level of Severity" Infantilization: The Medical Model of Care Social Control Social Distance Staff Stress and Quality of Care in a Nonmedical Program Conclusion 4. Medicalization, Stress, and Care: Contrasts between Two Day Care Centers Medial and Nonmedical Programs: Structural Conditions The Medical Model of Caregiving Contrasts in Work-Related Stress Contrasts in Quality of Care Conclusion 5. The Physical World of Day Care: Environmental Stress and Control Environmental Stress: Four Facility Design Features Environmental Control and Medicalizing Deviance Facility Design and Staff Stress: A Case Study Conclusion 6. What Worked: Providing Quality Care with Minimal Staff Stress A Model Program at Valley Day Care Center Conclusion 7. What's Next: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications Research Implications Practice Implications Policy Implications Conclusion Appendix A: Research Methods and Researcher Role Appendix B: Tables Notes References Index

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