Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions with Older Adults by Sherry M Cummings

Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions with Older Adults by Sherry M Cummings

This book provides a synthesis of evidence based psychosocial interventions for older adults and their family members in three domains - health, mental health and social functioning. The nature and consequences of each issue is discussed and intervention approaches are highlighted.

Sherry M. Cummings, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. She is the current president of Association for Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGE-SW). Dr. Cummings was a John A. Hartford Gerontological Faculty Scholar, 2001-2003. Dr. Cummings’ research focuses on aging and mental health. Additionally, her research explores the impact of such mental health issues on familial caregivers. Her research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals in the social work, gerontological and mental health arenas. Nancy P. Kropf is Professor and Director of the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. Her area of research and scholarship is late life caregiving relationships, with the focus specifically on the older care provider. Dr. Kropf was a John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Scholar (1999-2001I). In 2000, she held a visiting endowed chair at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada. She was the President of the Association of Gerontology Education – Social Work (AGE – SW), and is a Fellow, of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Kropf has numerous peer reviewed articles in the social work and gerontology literatures.

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ISBN 13	9780415481861
ISBN 10	0415481864
Title	Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions with Older Adults
Author	Sherry M Cummings
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2008-12-05
Number of pages	368
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