Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9780323916592,0323916597
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0323916597
- ISBN-13 : 978-0323916592
- Author: Luis Miguel Rondon Garcia
Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment analyzes loneliness as a complex phenomenon, taking into account the most recent contributions from neuroscience, psychology, medicine and sociology. This volume describes this phenomenon from an interdisciplinary point of view, with special emphasis on older people from a plural and heterogeneous perspective: older people in general, older immigrants, older women, older LGTBI, etc. Faced with the impact of this emerging issue, this book provides a comprehensive knowledge of loneliness, contributing scientific knowledge to the practice of evidence. Tools are also provided for professionals, providing intervention protocols with debates and proposals, and effective digital resources to combat it. Tables, images, and tools guide students, academics, and professionals step-by-step in solving the cases raised, through an integrated practice.
Table contents:
Chapter 1. Loneliness in aging: concept, typology and characteristics
Chapter 2. Explanatory models of the cognitive approach to loneliness
Chapter 3. Neuroscience: in the direction of building interactive bridges against loneliness
Chapter 4. The paradigm of active aging in the prevention of loneliness
Chapter 5. The impact of social relations as preventive mechanisms in loneliness and quality of life of the elderly
Chapter 6. Loneliness from a plural point of view: immigrants, women, dependents, LGTBI
Chapter 7. Design of intervention in programs, accompaniment actions, and prevention of loneliness in the elderly
Chapter 8. Measurement tools and resources for loneliness prevention
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