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Author:   Gwen Yeo (Stanford University, CA, USA) ,  Dolores Gallagher-Thompson (Stanford University, CA, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780415954051

ISBN 10:   0415954053
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   12 July 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781138062986
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Risk of Dementia 1. Prevalence of Dementia among Different Ethnic Populations Assessment of Dementia in Diverse Populations 2. Overview of Psychiatric Assessment with Dementia Patients 3. Neurocognitive Assessment of Dementia in African American Elders 4. Assessment of Cognitive Status in Asians 5. Neuropsychological Assessment of Hispanics Elders: Challenges and Psychometric Approaches 6. American Indians, Cognitive Assessment, and Dementia Treatment and Management of Dementia 7. Overview of Treatment Alternatives for Dementing Illnesses Working with Families 8. The Family as the Unit of Assessment and Treatment in Work with Ethnically Diverse Older Adults with Dementia 9. Working with African American Families 10. Working with American Indian Families Working with Asian American Families 11. Asian Indian American 12. Chinese American 13. Filipino Americans 14. Hmong Americans 15. Japanese Americans 16. Korean Americans 17. Vietnamese American Working with Latino/Hispanic American Families 18. Puerto Rican and other Hispanic/Latino American Families 19. Cuban American 20. Mexican American 21. Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Families Community Partnerships for Support of Ethnic Elders and Families 22. Reaching Diverse Caregiving Families through Community Partnerships

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Gwen Yeo, Ph.D., is the founding Director of Stanford Geriatric Education Center and has published widely in the field of ethnogeriatrics. She is also Chair of the Ethnogeriatrics Committee of the American Geriatrics Society, and Section Editor for Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations of the Journal of American Geriatrics Society. Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Research at Stanford University, and runs the Older Adult and Family Research Center for the Veteran's Administration in Menlo Park, California. An American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow in the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Division of Health Psychology, she has authored and co-authored well over a hundred journal articles and book chapters in her research career.

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