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Communication skills for working with elders / Barbara Bender Dreher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer, ©2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 167 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826116239
  • 082611623X
  • 9780826114051
  • 0826114059
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Communication skills for working with elders.DDC classification:
  • 362.6 22
LOC classification:
  • HV1451 .D75 2001eb
NLM classification:
  • 2001 I-781
  • WT 30
Online resources:
Contents:
Bridges to understanding -- How aging affects communication -- Interacting with the elderly -- How illness affects communication skills -- Exchanging messages despite barriers -- Decision making in the elderly -- Group involvement -- Promoting self expression -- Computers and the oldest generation -- Preserving morale.
Summary: "Dr. Dreher's book is a concise and highly readable guide to developing and enhancing one's communication skills for the betterment of the elderly person's quality of life ... [It] clearly has a place on the bookshelf of every layman and professional alike who interacts with elderly people."--Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, about the first edition." ... extremely useful as a teaching tool."--Geriatric Nursing, about the first edition. This popular text provides practical guidelines for effective interaction with the elderly and presents techniques for overcoming com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bridges to understanding -- How aging affects communication -- Interacting with the elderly -- How illness affects communication skills -- Exchanging messages despite barriers -- Decision making in the elderly -- Group involvement -- Promoting self expression -- Computers and the oldest generation -- Preserving morale.

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"Dr. Dreher's book is a concise and highly readable guide to developing and enhancing one's communication skills for the betterment of the elderly person's quality of life ... [It] clearly has a place on the bookshelf of every layman and professional alike who interacts with elderly people."--Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, about the first edition." ... extremely useful as a teaching tool."--Geriatric Nursing, about the first edition. This popular text provides practical guidelines for effective interaction with the elderly and presents techniques for overcoming com.

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