Mindfulness-based Elder Care : A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers.
Title:
Mindfulness-based Elder Care : A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers.
Author:
McBee, Lucia.
ISBN:
9780826115294
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I. Foundations -- CHAPTER 1 A Box for Father: Health Care and Nursing Homes -- What Is Health Care? -- Trends in Aging and Health Care -- What Are the Alternatives? -- Elements of Care Provision -- What We Value -- CHAPTER 2 Learning From the Inside Out: Mind-Body and Mindfulness-Based Interventions -- Mind-Body Medicine Overview -- Mindfulness -- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Other Mindfulness-Based Programs -- Mindfulness Practices -- Other Informal Practices -- Practice -- Embracing Our Stress -- CHAPTER 3 Knock, Knock: Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Aromatherapy -- Hand Massage -- Creative Therapy -- Humor -- Other CAM Modalities -- Section II. Practical Applications of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Frail Elders: POEM: MEADOWBOOK NURSING HOME -- CHAPTER 4 The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care -- Teaching Mindfulness to Elders -- What Are the Issues? -- Clinical Work With Older Adults -- Overview of MBEC Groups -- CHAPTER 5 Imagine This: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Frail Elders in the Nursing Home -- Overview -- Group Format -- Skills -- Considerations: Environmental -- Considerations: Population -- Endings -- Measuring Results: MBEC Research -- CHAPTER 6 Drifting Away From My Head to My Heart: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Elders With Dementia -- What Do We Know About Dementia? -- Communication With Persons With Dementia -- Behaviors Accompanying Dementia -- Group Leader -- MBEC Groups -- Complementary and Alternative Interventions on a Dementia Unit -- The Florence V. Burden Study on the Dementia Unit -- CHAPTER 7 Got to Go Through the Door: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Isolated Elders and Palliative Care -- Freedom and the Five Remembrances -- Isolated Elders in the Nursing Home -- End-of-Life Care -- Homebound Elders.
Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 Dance Like Nobody Is Watching: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care and Creativity -- Visual Arts -- Poetry and Words -- Music -- Movement and Music -- Touch -- Taste and Smell -- Use of Nature -- Toys -- Humor -- Section III. Caregivers -- CHAPTER 9 Who Will Take Care of Us? An Overview of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Caregivers -- Informal Caregivers -- Formal Caregivers -- Mindfulness Groups for Formal and Informal Caregivers -- Mindfulness-Based Elder Care -- CHAPTER 10 Riding the Waves: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Informal Caregivers -- Overview of Class -- Introductions -- Formal Practices -- Informal Practice -- Discussion -- Endings and Ongoing Practice -- Caregiver Mindfulness Group Research -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11 Learning to Take Care of Myself: A 7-Week Mindfulness-Based Elder Care Course -- Overview of Caregiver Course -- Course Highlights -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 12 Introduction to Stress Reduction for Professional Caregivers: A 1-Hour Class and Other Options for Staff -- Professional Caregiving -- A 1-Hour Stress Reduction Program -- Staff Psychoeducational Presentation on Stress -- Experiential Exercises -- Alternate Options for Short Stress Reduction Sessions -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Section IV. Conclusions -- CHAPTER 13 Walking With Tigers -- Defining Aging -- Caring for Elders, Caring for Ourselves -- For You -- Section V. Appendices -- Appendix A. Mindfulness-Based Elder Care Yoga -- Overview -- Stretching -- Balancing -- Transitions -- Letting Go -- Flexing and Extending the Spine -- Suggestions for Elders in Wheelchairs -- Suggestions for Staff -- Standing Stretches -- Chair Yoga -- Yoga for Bed Bound Elders -- Appendix B. Guided Meditations -- Breath Awareness -- Body Scan -- Forgiveness Meditation -- Appendix C. Aromatherapy -- Safety Reminders.
Suggested Uses in the Nursing Home -- How to Use Essential Oils -- Massage -- Appendix D. Brief Stress Reduction Session Ideas -- Appendix E. Handouts for Staff Stress Reduction -- Handout #1: 21 Ways to Reduce Stress During the Workday -- Handout #2: Basic Principles for Setting Up Daily Hatha Yoga/Mindfulness Stress Management Practice -- Handout #3: Mini Relaxation Exercises -- Midway Review -- Appendix F. Selected Bibliography and Web Sites -- Mindfulness and Meditation Resources -- Yoga Resources -- Complementary and Alternative Resources -- Spirituality and Healing Resources -- Aromatherapy Resources -- Elders, Caregivers, and Models of Care Resources -- Poetry Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
"She shares with us her gold - the conception, trial and error implementation, and initial scientific investigation of a new, educationally-oriented treatment approach that she has named mindfulness-based elder care (MBEC).". -from the Foreword by Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA, Associate Professor of Medicine,. Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. University of Massachusetts Medical School. Drawing on years of experience as a geriatric social worker and mindfulness-based stress reduction practitioner, the author has taken Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program and adapted it to the particular needs of elders, their families, and professional caregivers. Mindfulness practices focus on abilities, rather than disabilities, in order to provide paths to the inner strengths and resources that we all possess. McBee's Mindfulness-Based Elder Care conveys the benefits of mindfulness through meditation, gentle yoga, massage, aromatherapy, humor, and other creative therapies to this special population. She provides clear, concise instructions for her program, as well as a wealth of anecdotal and experiential exercises, to help readers at all levels of experience. Hers is the first book to fully explore the value of mindfulness models for frail elders and their caregivers.: Features of this groundbreaking volume include:.; Valuable tips for establishing programs to address each population's specific needs and restrictions.; Designed for short classes or 8-week courses.; Detailed experiential exercises for the reader.; Replete with case studies.; Clear, easy-to-follow instructions for elders and caregivers at all levels. This innovative book is suitable for use with a variety of populations such as nursing home residents with physical and cognitive challenges, community-dwelling elders, direct-care
staff, and non-professional caregivers. ;chapter.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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