Sex and the Internet or Care Managers

Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians

Author: Cooper

This groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to thoroughly explore the topic of cybersex and the effects of Internet use on sexuality. Focusing on treatment and assessment issues and the clinical implications of cybersex, this authoritative volume provides mental health professionals with an analysis of the most recent empirical evidence along with research specific to the impact of Internet use on couples and families, gay men, people with disabilities, children, and the workplace. Edited by one of the leading researchers, clinicians and authors in the emerging field of sex and the Internet, this book addresses the growing complexity of Internet sex issues and their impact on psychological functioning.

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Care Managers: Working With the Aging Family

Author: Cathy Jo Cress

"Care Managers: Working with the Aging Family addresses the unmet needs of care managers working with aging clients and their families. With its in-depth discussion of the "aging family system," this book fills a gap for medical case managers and geriatric care managers focusing on the treatment goals of aging clients as they move through the continuum of care in institutional or community-based settings." Care Managers: Working with the Aging Family will allow care managers to assist the entire family unit through the aging process - including death and dying - helping midlife children to work together to care for aging parents. It adds proven techniques to the care manager repertoire such as family meetings, forgiveness, technology, and caregiver assessment. It offers ideas tor creating effective care plans so that the needs of both the family and the older client are met.

Table of Contents:

Introduction What is the Aging Family? Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo

Sect. I Care Managers Working with the Aging Family in the Medical System 1

Ch. 1 Care Managers-Navigating Families Through the Hospital to Home Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo 3

Ch. 2 Care Managers Helping Aging Families Communicate with a Physician Catherine M. Mullahy Mullahy, Catherine M. 25

Sect. II Care Managers Working with Aging Family Issues 33

Ch. 3 Working with Long-Distance Families: Tools the Care Manager Can Use Julie Menack Menack, Julie 35

Ch. 4 Assessing the Caregiver Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo 91

Ch. 5 Tools to Support Family Caregivers Steven Barlam Barlam, Steven Bunni Dybnis Dybnis, Bunni 125

Ch. 6 Family Meetings and the Aging Family Rita Ghatak Ghatak, Rita 157

Ch. 7 Working with Couples Anne Rosenthal Rosenthal, Anne 181

Ch. 8 Working with Adult Aging Siblings Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo Kali Cress Peterson Peterson, Kali Cress 199

Ch. 9 Dying, Grief, and Burial in the Aging Family Diane M. LeVan LeVan, Diane M. Gwen Lazo Harris Harris, Gwen Lazo 229

Sect. III Care Managers Working with Clinical Aging Family Issues 265

Ch. 10 Loss, Dependence, Filial Maturity, and Homeostasis in the Aging Family Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo Leonie Nowitz Nowitz, Leonie 267

Ch. 11 Entitlement in the Dysfunctional Family Claudia Fine Fine, Claudia Nick Newcombe Newcombe, Nick 291

Ch. 12 Forgiveness with the Aging Family Cathy Jo Cress Cress, Cathy Jo Frederic Luskin Luskin, Frederic 311

Index 333