Applying a trauma-informed perspective to loss and change in the lives of older adults

dc.contributor.authorKusmaul, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-01T15:59:58Z
dc.date.available2020-07-01T15:59:58Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-09
dc.description.abstractTraumatic events are widely acknowledged to have long-term impacts on individuals, yet only recently have health-care professionals begun to assess for and gain an understanding of trauma in the lives of older adults. For many older adults, trauma is often disenfranchised and overlooked as being either a distant past event (e.g., child abuse) or a normal part of aging (e.g., widowhood). Trauma-informed care, on the other hand, calls for health-care professionals to acknowledge that past and recent events may have been traumatic for older adults and to assess and care plan to reduce or prevent re-traumatization. In this article, we explore the impacts of trauma in later life through a case study of a patient admitted to a long-term care facility. Analysis of this case study suggests several important implications for social work practice in long-term care and the use of person-centered care practices in the care of older adults in general.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00981389.2018.1447531?journalCode=wshc20en_US
dc.format.extent36 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles preprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2haoq-phzd
dc.identifier.citationNancy Kusmaul & Keith Anderson (2018) Applying a trauma-informed perspective to loss and change in the lives of older adults, Social Work in Health Care, 57:5, 355-375, DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2018.1447531en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2018.1447531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19046
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC School of Social Work
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rightsThis is the submitted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Work in Health Care on 09 Mar 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00981389.2018.1447531.
dc.titleApplying a trauma-informed perspective to loss and change in the lives of older adultsen_US
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