ISBN:
9781560247258
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (120 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Aging Families and Use of Proverbs for Values Enrichment
DDC:
305.26/0973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Those providing services to older persons must develop intervention strategies that are relevant to their clients'life experiences. Aging Families and Use of Proverbs for Values Enrichment presents administrators, practitioners, educators, researchers, and students with intervention models that acknowledge and build upon the proverbs orientation of the older client. This insightful book offers information from contributing authors who have professional and personal experience with the use of proverbs. Proverbs, pithy sayings that underline basic life truths, are shown in this book to work as t
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Proverbs Framework; Chapter 1. Proverbs: A Tool for Work with Older Persons; Family Proverbs; Proverbs Transmission; Assessment and Intervention; Conclusion; Part II: Culture and Family; Chapter 2. A Cultural Exchange of Values; Chapter 3. The Roles of Grandparents: The Use of Proverbs in Value Transmission; The Roles of Grandparents; Grandparents' Relations to Grandchildren; Grandparents as a Resource for Intergenerational Connectedness; Part III: Health and Rehabilitation
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 4. Efficacy of a Day Treatment Program in Management of Diabetes for Aging African AmericansDiabetes Defined; Concept of a Diabetes Day Treatment Program for Aging African Americans; Evaluation of the Diabetes Day Treatment Program; Patient Adherence to the Diabetes Day Treatment Program; Factors Promoting Adherence to Diabetes Regimen; Factors Contributing to the Barriers of Adherence to Diabetes Regimen; Compliance; Chapter 5. An Autologous Blood Donor Base: The African-American Elderly; Autologous Blood Donation; Recruitment Strategies; Recommendations; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6. From an African American Perspective-Living with Disabilities After Age 50: Learning Anew and Moving ForwardYou Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks, Eh? Oh, But You Can; Conclusion; Part IV: Life Events and Spirituality; Chapter 7. Keep the Faith: A Biblical Reference to Surviving the Social Transitions of Life; The Social Transitions of Life; Leisure and Life Satisfaction; Chapter 8. Faith of our Fathers (Mothers) Living Still: Spirituality as a Force for the Transmission of Family Values Within the Black Community; Introduction; Transmission of Family Values
Description / Table of Contents:
Role of Grandparents and the Oral Tradition of ValuesConclusion
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
