Working with Toxic Older Adults: A Guide to Coping With Difficult Elders (SPRINGER SERIES ON LIFESTYLES AND ISSUES IN AGING)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826102751 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Experienced caregivers will immediately recognize Gloria Davenport's descriptions of the "toxic" personality: elders who persistently poison their own care environment with noncompliant and psychologically abusive behavior. Toxic older adults are often hazardous cases for gerontology professionals: they can destroy care relationships, and even produce co-victimization in their caregivers.Davenport presents ways that care providers can prevent difficult elders from manipulating the caregivers' energy and interfering with effective practice, relationships, and healing.
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Messinger, LCSW, Executive Director, The Gerontology Training Institute . "This is a very useful text in helping professionals recognize and understand the dynamics of the toxic elder's personality.It is also a useful tool for para-professionals' and even family members' understanding and responses to the challenging behaviors of the difficult older adult in their care."-Patricia A