Care of the elderly

Lifestyle Matters

An Occupational Approach to Healthy Ageing

by Gail Mountain, Claire Craig

Description

Lifestyle Matters is a practical CD-Rom resource that contains a wealth of ideas and activities for occupational therapists, support workers, students and other professionals working with older people in the community. Taking a holistic approach, the Lifestyle Matters programme challenges participants to examine their lifestyle and to make positive changes which promote good physical and emotional health. Themes include:

  • The relationship between activity and health
  • Maintaining mental well-being
  • Maintaining physical well-being
  • Safety in the home and community
  • Personal circumstances.

Each theme is divided into a number of sessions with ideas for introductory activities, group discussion topics and group activity ideas. There are also 64 photocopiable handouts in the book and on the accompanying CD-Rom that can be used within the group sessions.

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Lifestyle Matters

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Author Biography

Claire Craig is a senior lecturer and researcher in occupational therapy at Sheffield Hallam University. She is particularly interested in working with older people and has written a number of publications focusing on the arts and dementia care. Gail Mountain is an occupational therapist as a well as a lead researcher in allied health and rehabilitation. Prior to embarking on a research career, she spent over ten years as a practitioner and manager in a variety of health settings.

Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher/Imprint Speechmark Publishing Limited / Speechmark Publishing
  • Publication Date August 2007
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780863885822
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 43.25 GBP
  • Pages272
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions297 x 210 mm
  • Biblio NotesCopyright year: 2007

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