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Table of Contents

Foreword by Saki F. Santorelli

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section I. Foundations



A Box for Father: Healthcare and Nursing Homes


What is Healthcare?

Trends in Aging and Healthcare

What are the Alternatives?

Elements of Care Provision

What we value

Learning from the Inside Out: Mind-Body and Mindfulness-Based Interventions


Mind-Body Medicine Overview

Mindfulness

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Other Mindfulness-Based Programs

Mindfulness Practices

Other Informal Practices

Practice

Embracing Our Stress


Knock, Knock: Complementary and Alternative Medicine


Aromatherapy

Hand massage

Creative therapy

Humor

Other CAM Modalities


Section II. Practical Applications of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Frail Elders


Poem: Meadowbrook Nursing Home

The Sound of One Hand Clapping: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care


Teaching Mindfulness to Elders

What Are the Issues

Clinical Work With Older Adults

Overview of MBEC Groups


Imagine This: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care For Frail Elders in the Nursing Home


Overview

Group Format

Skills

Considerations: Environmental

Considerations: Population

Endings

Measuring Results: MBEC Research

Drifting Away From My Head to My Heart: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Elders With Dementia


What Do We Know About Dementia?

Communication With Persons With Dementia

Behaviors Accompanying dementia

Group Leader
MBEC groups

Complementary and Alternative Interventions on a Dementia Unit

The Florence V. Burden Study on the Dementia Unit

Got to Go Through the Door: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Isolated Elders and Palliative Care


Freedom and the Five Remembrances

Isolated Elders in the Nursing Home

End-of-life Care

Homebound Elders

Conclusion


Dance Like Nobody is Watching: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care and Creativity


Visual Arts

Poetry and Words

Music

Movement and Music

Touch

Taste and Smell

Use of Nature

Toys

Humor


Section III. Caregivers



Who Will Take Care Of Us? An Overview Of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care For Caregivers


Informal Caregivers

Formal Caregivers

Mindfulness Groups for Formal and Informal Caregivers

Mindfulness-Based Elder Care


Riding the Waves: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care for Informal Caregivers


Overview of class

Introductions

Formal Practices

Informal Practice

Discussion

Endings and Ongoing Practice

Caregiver Mindfulness Group Research

Summary


Learning to Take Care of Myself: A 7-Week Mindfulness-Based Elder Care Course


Overview of Caregiver Course

Course Highlights

Discussion

Conclusion


Introduction to Stress Reduction for Professional Caregivers: A 1-Hour Class and Other Options for Staff


Professional Caregiving

A 1-Hour Stress Reduction Program

Staff Psychoeducational Presentation on Stress

Experiential Exercises

Alternate Options for Short Stress Reduction Sessions

Conclusion

Recommendations

Section IV. Conclusions


Walking with Tigers


Defining Aging

Caring For Elders, Caring For Ourselves

For You


Section V. Appendix



A. Mindfulness-Based Elder Care Yoga

B. Guided Meditations

C. Aromatherapy

D. Brief Stress Reduction Session Ideas

E. Handouts For Staff Stress Reduction

F. Selected Bibliography and Web Sites

Index

About the Author

Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, is a geriatric social worker who has worked with elders and their caregivers for 27 years.

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