Brahms by Karl Geiringer
Stress for care providers and distress for clients with varying degrees of dementia, these are the dynamics Karen A. Lyman discovered in her study of eight Alzheimer's day care centers in California. Speaking as an advocate for both day care providers and people with Alzheimer's disease, the author presents a model of what works in Alzheimer's care. Many strategies developed by caregivers are self-defeating, Lyman found. Drawing on personal reflections, interviews, and anecdotes, she demonstrates how caregivers' struggle to maintain order through often unnecessary control contributed to patients' increased sense of self-doubt, anxiety, and incompetence. Negative expectations by caregivers brought on depression and rapid intellectual decline in patients, a sense of hopelessness that has been called therapeutic nihilism. Lyman identifies unsupportive institutional policies, restrictive environments, and poorly organized programs as chronic sources of stress. The alternatives she offers meet caregivers' needs and permit clients a degree of self-determination and identity. policy makers, and family members dealing with victims of Alzheimer's disease. Karen A. Lyman is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Gerontology Program at Chaffey College in California. She publishes widely and in 1991 received the American Sociological Association Outstanding Medical Sociology Dissertation Award.Original Review of Brahms: HIs Life and Work
‘As subtle and life-like a portrait of the most reserved of composers as we are ever likely to get’ Desmond Shawe-Taylor
‘It is altogether a rare book, equally a product of fine scholarship, a splendid literary gift, and intimate feeling for his subject.’ Irving Kolodin
‘The main librarians who sought long and hard for copies of the book during its out-of-print years will be happy to have it back. Highly recommended’. Library Journal
Karl Geiringer (1899-1989) was an Austrian-American musicologist, prolific author and Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781032896199 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032896191 |
| Title | Brahms |
| Author | Karl Geiringer |
| Series | Routledge Revivals |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2024-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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