Advocating for dementia for 20 years, Christine Bryden has been instrumental in ensuring that people with dementia are included in discussions about the condition and how to manage and think about it.
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?
This practice-focussed resource shows dementia care professionals how to harness resilience in their daily practice when working with people living with dementia.
Examining recent research and practice on reminiscence, life review and life story work, this book offers critical accounts of the rapidly growing and extensive global literature, and highlights the continuing relevance and effectiveness of these therapeutic methods.
Effective communication is critical for everyone, and this insightful book teaches the skills needed by healthcare staff in their day-to-day interactions with people with dementia and their families.
The book outlines a range of non-pharmacological therapies clinicians can adopt in their daily practice and sets out information and advice on each therapy and how to implement them in practice, illustrated with case studies and practical examples and drawing on the author's own clinical work.
Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eating and drinking as part of person-centred dementia care.
This new edited volume seeks to meet the growing need for ways to support people with dementia across the whole course and trajectory of dementia care, with a wide scope of expertise.
A thought-provoking read, this is a timely spotlight on young onset dementia which offers us a winning blend of authentic, constructive and wide-ranging observations and evidence capturing aspects of life that matter most to people affected maintaining autonomy, retaining identity, and being connected.
Übersichtlich und praxisnah informiert PflegeWissen Demenz Schüler und Pflegekräfte in der Altenpflege, aber auch Alltagsbetreuer, über die Pflege demenzkranker Menschen.
A thought-provoking read, this is a timely spotlight on young onset dementia which offers us a winning blend of authentic, constructive and wide-ranging observations and evidence capturing aspects of life that matter most to people affected maintaining autonomy, retaining identity, and being connected.
Die Autor_innen des Praxishandbuchs zur Beratung der Angehörigen von Menschen mit Demenz beziffern, wie viele Menschen direkt oder als Angehörige von Demenz betroffen sind.
Die Autor_innen des Praxishandbuchs zur Beratung der Angehörigen von Menschen mit Demenz beziffern, wie viele Menschen direkt oder als Angehörige von Demenz betroffen sind.
A prominent geriatric psychiatrist details the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of places where those with dementia are treated-from emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals to assisted living facilities and nursing homes.
This book tells a heartwarming and compelling story of Bob and Jeanette Crick's relationship and their journey together through Jeanette's battle with Alzheimer's.
In My Two Elaines, author Marty Schreiber, former governor of Wisconsin, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the woman he fell in love with in high school, and who diligently supported his political career, to the Elaine who knows she is declining and can't remember how to cook a meal, and finally to the Elaine who no longer recognizes Marty or their children.
The second, expanded edition of this acclaimed memoir by an Alzheimer's caregiver living with his father during his final year includes a new introduction that illustrates the immense toll of the disease, important lessons from the author's experience, and a readers' guide.
The ninth volume of Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management of vascular dementia in Chinese and integrative medicine.
No Way Out of This is not the kind of Alzheimer's memoir where you read about a noble, self-sacrificing wife who gives up everything to take care of her husband.
La demencia es una realidad trágica que afecta no sólo a la persona que la padece, sino también, y en medida igualmente importante, a todos los que día a día cuidan de una persona enferma.
Die Zahl der Menschen mit "Demenz" nimmt in Deutschland rasant zu und stellt Pflegepersonal sowie Angehörige täglich vor neue, bisher nicht da gewesene Herausforderungen.
Den Alltag aktiv gestaltenDie Diagnose Demenz verändert den Alltag betroffener Frauen und Männer sowie ihrer Angehörigen, Familien und Freunde grundlegend.
