Download or read book Supporting Family Caregivers of Adults With Communication Disorders written by Joan C. Payne and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Download or read book Communication Disorders written by Ellen Kester and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get exact information on 24 common disorders and how communication can be negatively impacted. Resources abound on the nature of disorders such as Autism and Down Syndrome. However, how do we help these individuals communicate more effectively and where do we find resources to learn more? Within this book, each communication disorder is described by the definition, description, characteristics, causes, implications for treatment, and additional resources, such as support groups, books, websites and additional sources for finding out more to best support individuals who struggle communicating. Supporting individuals with communication disorders and related conditions involves a coordinated team of people that can include family, professionals, educators and other community members. Whether seeking support for adults or children with communication disorders, ensuring everyone involved is as knowledgeable as possible is key to providing support to the individual and their family. This resource serves to be a guide to do just that. Communication disorders are some of the most common disabilities in the United States, affecting both children and adults. This book came together as part of a project to create a resource for graduate students and speech-language pathologists new to the field on the wide range of communication disorders that exist. We have found that it has become a valued resource for many educators and family members of those with communication disorders as well. In this book, we provide a wealth of information about specific disorders in an easily accessible format. The collaborative efforts of our group of speech-language pathologists over the past three years have grown the project's resources into this book including, information on 24 communication disorders and related conditions. Our hope is to inform, educate and aid individuals with communication disorders, their families, and the people who work with them so they may receive impactful support and treatment. Knowledge is power! Who can benefit from using this book? Individuals seeking treatment and support for communication disorders and related conditions can use this book to become more informed about their condition and relevant resources. Parents and families supporting those with communication disorders can learn more about a specific condition and share information with those around them to become advocates for their loved ones. When caregivers have the information and education they need, they can more easily develop a positive outlook and provide better support for their family. Speech-language pathologists, educators, medical professionals, school personnel, social workers, and other professionals providing related support can find this book helpful in gaining additional knowledge, not only regarding the condition, but also the implications that communication deficits will have on the clients they serve.
Download or read book The Silent Warrior s Practical Communication Aid written by Brigette Foresman and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Silent Warrior's Practical Communication Aid" is for people diagnosed with a medical condition resulting in the impairment of speech and the loss of mobility of his or hers arms/hands, to the extent of the inability to communicate through writing and or the use of technological communication devices. The book is designed to work in conjunction with a communication partner through a "Point & Signal" method; together, they will break the silence and take back a part of their independence. A Communication Aid for people 18+ years of age. "The Silent Warrior's Practical Communication Aid" topics: Caregiver Issues, Communication Phrases, Communication Responses, Daily Routine, Employment Topics, Entertainment, Health Issues, Home Responsibilities, Legal Topics, Meals, Physician Visits, Spouse/Partner/Family Communication.
Download or read book Neurogenic Communication Disorders and the Life Participation Approach written by Audrey L. Holland and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) is an evolutionary change in the way practitioners view aphasia intervention. By focusing on meeting the needs of individuals affected by aphasia, LPAA can produce real, meaningful enhancement to the quality of life. Neurogenic Communication Disorders and the Life Participation Approach: The Social Imperative in Supporting Individuals and Families breaks down the past, present, and future of the LPAA movement with contributions from a range of new and experienced practitioners. In addition, this text provides a roadmap for professionals interested in incorporating person-centered intervention for aphasia and other neurogenic communication disorders, including primary progressive aphasia, dementia, and traumatic brain injury. Within this book, clinicians will find tips, tools, and guidance for integrating a life participation approach into their practice, as well as first-hand descriptions of the positive benefits this approach can have for those living with neurogenic communication disorders.
Download or read book 10 Nursing Interventions for Family Caregivers written by Mitzi M. Saunders and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communication in Medical Interactions written by Michael I. Burns and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals with communication disorders form a vulnerable patient population in health care. Their problems with communication in medical interactions can lead to higher rates of medical errors, reduced accessibility to health care, and decreased satisfaction with services when compared with the average patient population. Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) has recently been used in research to explain communication during medical interactions involving patients with communication disorders. However, this research focuses on dyadic medical interactions between patients and physicians, failing to consider the potential effects that caregivers can have on these interactions. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of patients with communication disorders, their family caregivers, and physicians related to communication during medical interactions. In addition, this study examines the feasibility of CAT to help explain and predict communication during these medical interactions. A total of 18 individuals - six patients with a primary communication disorder diagnosis of aphasia, six family caregivers, and six practicing physicians - participated in semi-structured, face-to-face interviews. Participants were asked about their experiences with communication during triadic medical interactions. Interviews were audio and/or video recorded and then transcribed. Transcripts were coded and a thematic analysis was conducted. While patients and caregivers generally described their communication experiences as positive, all participants discussed challenges and frustrations they experienced when communicating during medical interactions. Three themes emerged from participants' experiences and perspectives: 1) patients and caregivers work as a team, 2) patients and caregivers want physicians to "just try" to communicate with the patient, and 3) physicians want to try to communicate with the patient, but may not know how. Patients and caregivers provided advice to help physicians improve their communication, and physicians suggested content areas to include in future communication skills training for medical students and practicing physicians. Results of this study suggested that although the participants' experiences were generally positive, the perspectives of patients and caregivers regarding communication during medical interactions seemed to be somewhat misaligned with those of physicians. Patients and caregivers discussed how some physicians seemed to be either unaware when patients were struggling to communicate, or did not to change their communication style to help patients. Physicians, on the other hand, seemed to acknowledge the importance of changing how they communicate to make accommodations for these patients, but discussed not having the education and training to know how. Results of this study also provided support for the use of CAT to represent communication during these medical interactions, and a working model of CAT is proposed. Participants frequently discussed the need for successful accommodation, or changing the way one communicates, during medical interactions to help facilitate the patients' increased understanding and ability to express themselves. However, over- and under-accommodation were commonly reported instead. Finally, results of this study highlighted the importance of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in helping to improve communication during medical interactions involving patients with communication disorders. Implications for future research and clinical practice for physicians and SLPs are also discussed.
Download or read book The Spectrum of Family Caregiving for Adults and Elders with Chronic Illness written by Louis D. Burgio and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of care provided to adults and elders with chronic illness is given in the home, most often by family members. The caregiver's role is daunting; caregiving is often referred to as a 'career,' requiring long hours and arduous tasks. Primary caregivers show higher rates of morbidity and mortality, and caregiving is a major source of stress and burden to caregiving families. Presently, very little support is available to caregivers from either State or Federal agencies. However, awareness of this worsening problem is growing among health professionals and policy makers. The Spectrum of Family Caregiving for Adults and Elders with Chronic Illness is written for individuals in the helping professions who are in roles that interface with or serve family caregivers who are supporting an adult or elder with a chronic condition. The volume includes eight disease-specific chapters written by experts from various disciplines. Each discusses the caregiving role and includes a thorough review of the literature on the characteristics of caregivers and care-recipients, including related care needs, issues, and challenges unique to that chronic illness. Chapters also review the extant literature on caregiver interventions. An Evidence Table is included in each of these chapters so that the reader can easily judge the quality of evidence supporting the intervention studies. Finally, each chapter includes two case studies describing common problems encountered by caregivers, along with descriptions of interventions used to address these problems. The final chapter summarizes the state of the science on caregiving roles and caregiver interventions and discusses the most relevant challenges and barriers faced by today's caregivers and caregiver advocates. This book will be valuable to clinicians and those in the helping professions, as well as academics and researchers with an interest in the study of family caregiving and caregiver interventions, and to health administrators, public officials, and policy makers concerned with chronic illness care and management.
Download or read book Challenging Behaviour written by Eric Emerson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thoroughly revised, expanded and updated new edition, giving a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of challenging behaviour.
Download or read book Routines based Early Intervention written by R. A. McWilliam and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to routines-based early intervention--straight from the leading authority on this highly respected, family-centered model. Includes step-by-step guidance on each part of the model, plus more than 25 photocopiable checklists to
Download or read book Communication Disorders in Aging written by Raymond H. Hull and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates not only on the various communication disorders primarily affecting older adults, but also upon aspects of ageing that have an impact on caring services and strategies. The topics covered are those described by professionals who provide services to the communicatively impaired elderly as those most critical for both practisin
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Family Health written by Martha Craft-Rosenberg and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 1145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including entries from disciplines across the social sciences, this two-volume set provides coverage of a variety of issues related to the theory, research, practice and policy of health within a family context.
Download or read book Caring for the Family Caregiver written by Elaine Wittenberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caring for the Family Caregiver is an extensive practical tool kit for health care providers across the healthcare continuum. Regardless if it is a mother caring for a child with a developmental disability, a wife caring for a husband with a long term chronic illness, or a daughter sitting at the bedside of her father who is enrolled in hospice, family caregivers are the silent "other patient" in the health care drama. Healthcare providers who do not attend to the needs of the caregiver not only inflict interactional suffering, but dilute their treatment by not engaging the caregiver as a partner. In fact, they may unintentionally do harm as the caregiver flounders and thus patient treatment fails. As noted by one dying cancer patient in an educational YouTube video of his cancer journey, "there are two patients not one." If we are to eliminate the interactional suffering experienced by family caregivers, we must train both the caregiver and the health care team for the important interaction and roles that are required for the successful care of the patient. Caregivers lack information, skills, and emotional support for the tireless task they are volunteering for. They need to be taught how to advocate for themselves and their patients and how to best communicate with the health care team. Likewise, health care providers have the skills and knowledge to provide outstanding patient centered care; however, they are not taught the importance of the family caregiver, nor do they always understand that experience or how to help"--
Download or read book Retooling for an Aging America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.
Download or read book Facilitating Communication in Older Adults with Alzheimer s Disease written by Ruth Gentry and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of verbal repertoires is an inevitable consequence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Communication difficulties are among the most stressful problems family caregivers report. This study employed a multiple baseline across caregiver/care-recipient dyads to evaluate the effects of an individualized approach to caregiver communication training. Four family caregivers were taught to modify specific verbal behaviors to create a non-punitive, supportive communicative environment for their family member with dementia. Coding of audio recordings of dyad conversations in the natural environment indicated that caregivers' verbal behaviors significantly impacted the fluency and coherence of the speech of AD participants. Fewer communication problems occurred within dyads following caregiver training and were maintained at three month follow-up. Results indicate that individualized caregiver communication skills training can create environments that facilitate rather than punish the conversational speech of persons with AD, thereby promoting the preservation of verbal repertoires in persons with AD and meaningful relationships between persons with AD and their families.
Download or read book The REACH OUT Caregiver Support Program written by Louis D. Burgio and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Older adults increasingly rely on family members or friends (i.e., informal caregivers) for needed care and support as they age. Family caregivers typically assume their caregiving role willingly and reap personal fulfilment from helping a loved one, developing new skills, and strengthening family relationships. For these benefits, however, caregivers often sacrifice their own health and well-being. Depression, anxiety, poor physical health, and compromised immune function are more common among family caregivers than in adults not providing such care. The REACH OUT Caregiver Support Program offers a multi-component, tailored, and flexible intervention for caregivers of people with dementia that is focused on the evidence-based therapeutic strategy of problem solving. This practical volume is designed to guide clinicians through the process of implementing REACH OUT (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health: Offering Useful Treatments) and to provide them with necessary tools to share with caregivers, with the goal of enhancing caregiver physical and mental health. Five common risk areas (home safety, caregiver health, social support, challenging behaviors, and emotional well-being) are described in the manual, and interventions are outlined that respect the nuances of each risk area. By beginning with an individualized risk assessment and being flexible to the needs and issues of the caregiver, the REACH OUT intervention helps clinicians identify risk areas and provides caregivers with tailored action plans to reduce risk and promote well-being.
