Caring for People with Challenging Behaviors: Essential Skills and Successful Strategies for Long-Term Care

By Stephen Weber Long

In Caring for People with Challenging Behaviors, caregiving staff can find effective ways to prevent, reduce, or eliminate disruptive behaviors exhibited by residents in long-term care settings.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878812912
• ISBN13: 9781878812919
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Health Professions Pr
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Very useful and informative reading for concerned family members

Caring For People With Challenging Behaviors: Essential Skills And Successful Strategies In Long-Term Care by psychotherapist and consultant Stephen Weber Long (Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York) addresses the problems and issues involved with long-term care residents who display moderate to severe behavior problems arising from conditions of mental illness, dementia, problematic personalities, dysfunctional behavior patterns, and situational distress. Especially recommended reading for residential care facilities staff members, Caring For People With Challenging Behaviors shows how to set and execute achievable goals in treatment planning; avoid common intervention mistakes; overcome obstacles to effective interventions; encourage residents' autonomy; promote teamwork and improve interpersonal relationships; as well as practice diverse stress management techniques. Intended and primarily recommended for professionals and para-professionals working with residents, Caring For People With Challenging Behaviors is also very useful and informative reading for concerned family members.