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Sanders, Sara; Swails, Peggy – Social Work, 2011
Research shows that few social workers are interested in working with cognitively impaired older adults, such as those with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. As the number of individuals with dementia grows, the demand for social workers to provide services to patients with dementia will increase. Although much attention has been given to…
Descriptors: Hospices (Terminal Care), Alzheimers Disease, Focus Groups, Older Adults
Frazier, Billie H.; Kirkland, Glenn I. – 1990
This document contains two brief bibliographies of peer-reviewed literature, with abstracts, on dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly, one written for the educator and the other for the consumer. They are two of 12 bibliographies on aging prepared by the National Agricultural Library for its "Pathfinders" series of publications. Topics…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Alzheimers Disease, Mental Disorders, Older Adults
McCrea, James M. – 1992
Professionals in the fields of nursing, education, health care, recreation, and social work, who specialize in dealing with Alzheimer's disease, wrote answers to questions collected from discussion sessions held at four Pennsylvania elder facilities and made suggestions for talking to young people about the disease and its impact. This guidebook…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Alzheimers Disease, Elementary Education