Table of Contents
About the Editors viii
List of Contributors X
Preface XV
1 Introduction
Bob Woods 1
Part One: Ageing
2 Ageing and adaptation 17
Peter G. Coleman, Ann O’Hanlon
3 Memory and cognition in ageing 33
Boo Johansson
4 Ageing and physical health 57
Valerie Morrison
5 Death, dying and bereavement 75
Jan R. Oyebode
Part Two: Psychological Problems
6 Manifestations of depression and anxiety in older adults 97
Inger Hilde Nordhus
7 Suicide and attempted suicide in later life 111
Bob Woods
8 Psychological trauma in late life: conceptualization, assessment and treatment 121
Steve Davies
9 Late onset psychosis 133
Linda Clare, Sharon Giblin
10 Dementia as a biopsychosocial condition: implications for practice and research 145
Muma Downs, Linda Clare, Elizabeth Anderson
11 The Neuropsychology of dementia: Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders 161
Robin G. Morris
12 Parkinson’s disease 185
Peter Hobson
13 Stroke 201
Janet Cockbum
14 Sleep and insomnia in later life 219
Kevin Morgan
Part Three: Service Context
15 Values and diversity in working with older people 237
Kate Allan
16 Family caregiving: research and clinical intervention 255
Steven H. Zarit, Anne B. Edwards
17 Residential care 289
Bob Woods
18 Elder abuse and neglect 311
Alice Campbell Reay, Kevin D. Browne
19 Primary care psychology and older people 323
Gita E. Bhutani
20 Ageing, dementia and people with intellectual disability 34
Chris Oliver, Dawn Adams, Sunny Kalsy
21 Palliative care for people with dementia: principles, practice and implications 351
Katherine Froggatt, Murna Downs, Neil Small
Part Four: Assessment
22 Neuropsychological assessment of the older person 363
Linda Clare
23 Assessing function, behaviour and need 385
Adrienne Little, Breid Doherty
24 Assessing mood, wellbeing and quality of life 415
Bob Woods
25 Capacity and consent: empowering and protecting vulnerable older people 429
Charles Twining
Part Five: Intervention
26 The socio-cultural context in understanding older adults: contextual adult lifespan theory for adapting psychotherapy 439
Bob G. Knight, Cecilia Poon
27 Cognitive behaviour therapy with older people 457
Ken Laidlaw
28 Psychoanalysis and old age 473
Rachael Davenhill
29 Systemic interventions and older people 489
Alison Roper-Hall
30 Neuropsychological rehabilitation in later life: special considerations, contributions and future directions 505
Margaret Crossley
31 Psychological interventions with people with dementia 523
Bob Woods, Linda Clare
32 Interventions for family caregivers of people with dementia 549
Henry Brodaty, Karen Berman
33 Challenging behaviour in dementia: a psychosocial approach to intervention 571
Mike Bird, Esme Moniz-Cook
34 Interventions at the care team level 595
Dawn Brooker
Index
