PDF-(READ)-Working with Older Adults: Group Process and Technique: Group Process and Technique

First pioneered by Irene Burnside Working with Older Adults Group Process and Techniques is now in its Fourth Edition with new editors and many new contributing authors By combining interdisciplinary theory and practice this book introduces students to group work theories and explains how to modify general theory to meet the needs of older adults including those who are contending with particular physical and cognitive disabilities In easily accessible style with numerous case studies in varying settings hospitals nursing homes residential facilities day centers and home care Working with Older Adults emphasizes group development structure process and evaluating outcomes. Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. . March 2016. DEMOGRAPHICS &. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS . OF HEALTH. Age Distribution of Population . in Alameda County. Source: US Census Bureau, 1980 and 2010. Age Pyramid, 1980. Jane Menzies, Assistant Head of Social Services. Norrie Moane, Operations Manager, Signpost / CHL. Why are we having this discussion?. The vision. The challenges. The role of services in achieving. Why do this?. Between 1950 and 2000, the older adult population grew almost 200%.. It is expected to reach 14.6 million people by 2050, which will represent 25% of California’s population.. Healthy Aging. Nutrition . What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. The graying of the disease . Extenuating vs Mitigating . Factors. Celia J. Maxwell, M.D., FACP. Associate Dean for Research. Howard University College of Medicine. CDC . Campaign . “. prevention IS CARE”. B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . 1. Presenter Info. Each Mind Matters . 2. Each Mind Matters is California’s Mental Health Movement.. . We are millions of individuals and thousands of organizations working to advance mental health. . Tier 3 . Contents. Definition . The potential methods that can be used . The risk factors and warning signs in older adults to look out for . How to respond if an older person reports an attempt at self harm. Enhancing Training for Staff at an ADRC/No Wrong Door System. Background. This training was prepared by the Human Services Research Institute and Mission Analytics Group, under contract with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in collaboration with the Administration for Community Living (ACL), as part of an initiative to help ADRC staff better meet the needs of older adults with behavioral health issues.. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Gregory K. Mayer, MD, MBA. June 4, 2020. COVID-19 and Older Adults: . An Overview. ASU College of Health Solutions. June 4, 2020. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Co-Director, . UArizona. Center on Aging. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. What is trauma?. Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-bein.