Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care Settings : A Guide to Programs That Work

About the Editor vii Contributors ix Foreword xi Barbara Bowers Acknowledgments xv Introduction The Role of Families in Nursing Homes 3(22) Joseph E. Gaugler Section I Building and Refining Existing Strategies Family Councils in Residential Long-Term Care 25(20) Keith A. Anderson Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care: A Certified Nursing Assistant's Perspective 45(26) Katherina A. Nikzad Making the Long-Term Care Environment More Like Home: The Eden Alternative: What Families Want, and Why 71(22) Judith C. Drew Section II Group- and Family-Based Strategies Support for Families in the Nursing Home Environment: Family Caregiving, Social Support, and Support Group Benefits of the Family Project 93(30) Terry Peak Appendix 113(10) Supporting Families of Persons with Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: The Family Visit Education Program 123(20) Philip McCallion Section III Family-Staff Partnerships The Family Stories Workshop 143(20) Kenneth Hepburn Wayne A. Caron Family Involvement in the Care of Residents with Dementia: An Important Resource for Quality of Life and Care 163(38) Janet K. Pringle Specht David Reed Meridean L. Maas Appendix 197(4) Partners in Caregiving: Cooperative Communication Between Families and Nursing Homes 201(26) Julie Robison Karl A. Pillemer Section IV The Future of Family Involvement Interventions Educating Families and Improving Communication: A Web-Based Intervention Program for Families of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia 227(44) Valerie E. Tolbert Jennifer G. Basham Appendix 249(22) Challenges and Solutions in Promoting Family Involvement in Nursing Homes: Looking Toward the Next Generation of Programs 271(22) Joseph E. Gaugler Index 293