Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... CARERS Ageism discounts the personal strengths and retained capabilities of older people . The carers of older people , whose motivation and commitment need not be questioned , are no less susceptible to the process . Their caring task ...
... CARERS Ageism discounts the personal strengths and retained capabilities of older people . The carers of older people , whose motivation and commitment need not be questioned , are no less susceptible to the process . Their caring task ...
Page 204
... carers , helping older people should be about developing accurate self - awareness . Carers need to ascertain the assumptions upon which older people base their life , and provide them with information which challenges internalized ...
... carers , helping older people should be about developing accurate self - awareness . Carers need to ascertain the assumptions upon which older people base their life , and provide them with information which challenges internalized ...
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... carers to assist ageing people in this way , principally because few people in Western society have such an attitude themselves . How helpful carers can be without spending time examining our own attitudes and feelings about loss , and ...
... carers to assist ageing people in this way , principally because few people in Western society have such an attitude themselves . How helpful carers can be without spending time examining our own attitudes and feelings about loss , and ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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