Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... role , and low morale , all of which can lead to anger , depression and sickness . Medical treatment using antidepressants and tranquillizers clearly misses the real needs of such people . Yet the problem is deeper . The failure of ...
... role , and low morale , all of which can lead to anger , depression and sickness . Medical treatment using antidepressants and tranquillizers clearly misses the real needs of such people . Yet the problem is deeper . The failure of ...
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... role of carers , needs to be seriously rethought . AN HOLISTIC APPROACH Professional carers should be able to take a wider , structural view of the health of older people . Seeing older people in terms of their immediate problems and ...
... role of carers , needs to be seriously rethought . AN HOLISTIC APPROACH Professional carers should be able to take a wider , structural view of the health of older people . Seeing older people in terms of their immediate problems and ...
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... role that poverty , bereavement , social isolation , loneliness , status and role , loss , handicap , apathy and abuse , play in the lives of older people is particularly suited to social work philosophy . The social worker is concerned ...
... role that poverty , bereavement , social isolation , loneliness , status and role , loss , handicap , apathy and abuse , play in the lives of older people is particularly suited to social work philosophy . The social worker is concerned ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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