Author Description

Aging: Therapeutic Strategies for Long Term Care is a practice book of "How to" work with the elderly residents, especially those who live in a highly structured long term care setting. Aging: Therapeutic Strategies for Long Term Care is suited for practitioners or therapists who work with low-functioning individuals. The introduction includes the step ladder approach in the selection of the best therapeutic strategy to assist the residents with different levels of physical and mental disabilities. Ten therapeutic strategies are presented, namely: 1. Pet therapy 2. Therapeutic recreation 3. Sensory training 4. Reality Orientation 5. Remotivation 6. Resocialization 7. Self-image therapy 8. Reminiscence 9. Life Review 10. Milieu therapy Each chapter follows a consistent format for easy reading, beginning with definition and purpose, followed by a description of the therapeutic strategy, the technique, scenario, fit/misfit discussion and the conclusion.