Valuing Older People: Positive Psychological Practice
Book Details
Author(s)Elspeth Stirling
PublisherWiley
ISBN / ASIN0470683341
ISBN-139780470683347
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
This book examines the growing importance of positive psychology and its connection to later life.
- Applies Social Role Valorisation (SVR) principles to care of older people, particularly those with seriously disabling conditions such as dementia, stroke, and multiple health problems
- Provides a comprehensive body of positive principles and practical approaches for those who care for older people
- Examines the impact of the devaluation of older people’s lives in the context of societies dependent on technologyÂ
- Demonstrates how more age-inclusive societies and open awareness of later-life issues are fundamental to strong communities, as well as to personal happiness and resilience
