Care of the elderly

Ageing in Asia contains a selection of leading social systems and programs, with interesting case-studies offering innovative and useful lessons.

What is addiction, and how do we know if we are addicted?

Pflegenotstand und kein Ende - was muss passieren?

Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships.

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.

In der Altenpflege haben Bestrebungen zur Qualifizierung und Ausbildung im Vergleich zu den Krankenpflegeberufen verspätet eingesetzt.

Das Buch bietet neueste evidenzbasierte Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Praxis für die Pflege, Gesundheitsförderung und Betreuung von Menschen mit Demenz und deren pflegenden Angehörigen.

This book has arisen from the belief that cultural understanding can be advanced by contrasting the work of scholars who share academic concerns but work from different cultural vantage-points.

Spiritual reminiscence is a way of communicating that acknowledges the person as a spiritual being and seeks to engage the person in a more meaningful and personal way.

The failure of long-term care is the country's best-kept embarrassing secret.

The dental needs of people living with dementia are often overlooked, particularly in the care home and hospital community.

The modern restorative justice movement, perhaps one of the most important social movements of our time, was born in a Christian home to Christian parents, specifically to Christian peace workers striving to put their faith into action in the public arena.

Dieses Buch widmet sich dem verbreiteten Phänomen des Schweigens unter PflegeheimbewohnerInnen.

Alte Menschen können häufig nicht mehr für sich selbst sorgen, ihre Wohnumgebung pflegen und ihre Gesundheit erhalten, weil sie pflegebedürftig, gebrechlich oder krank werden.

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.

In its greatly expanded second edition, this definitive reference work on the sport of Polo includes more than 18,000 alphabetical and cross-referenced entries covering players, teams, national and international tournaments, rules of the game, books on polo and their authors, as well as painters and sculptors of polo subjects.

Across the world governments in mature industrial and post-industrial economies are concerned about the ageing population.

Poder documentar que el enfoque de la salud de los ancianos proporciona un mejor cuidado y produce mejores resultados ha llevado varios años de estudio e investigación.

Sharing and evaluating a series of relationship-centred approaches to dementia care, this book enables practitioners to have hands-on involvement in improving the quality of this care.

This book is the British Medical Association s statement on the ethics related to care of the elderly, written and reviewed by a panel of renowned medical ethicists.

Understand and assess the sensory needs of people with dementia, and learn how to implement sensory modulation-based approaches for enriched care.

People=s entire daily routine involves movement.

Selbstständig bleiben, so lange wie möglich in der vertrauten Umgebung wohnen: Das ist Wunsch und Wille vieler Senioren.

Is abortion ethical?

Singaporeans enjoy one of the longest lifespans in the world today.

How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?

Das Ehrenamt in der Pflege ist sozialpolitisch erwünscht und wird in Wissenschaft und Praxis kontrovers diskutiert.

How can we promote the enduring well-being of those who are moving into the 'fourth' age of life?

Wie lassen sich Leistungen beurteilen?

The Incredible story of the Australian Navy's elite unit.

Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice GuidesThere are always difficult day to day decisions to be faced when caring for a person with dementia - from knowing how to deal with wandering to end of life decisions.

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Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective.

To provide high quality dementia care, professionals need to be both knowledgeable about dementia and skilled in the provision of care.

The United States is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the way it delivers and pays for long-term care.

People=s entire daily routine involves movement.

What 'kind' of community is demanded by a problem like dementia?

The Care and Wellbeing of Older People is aimed at all those training and taking courses relating to the healthcare of older people.

Wenn es um entscheidende Verbesserungen der Situation sterbender und trauernder Menschen geht, ist "Hospiz" auch in Deutschland zu einem Begriff geworden.

Not many theologians have had as great an impact on the study of peace and violence as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was labeled an Enemy of the State and eventually executed in April 1945.

For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life.

A comprehensive and practical manual describing the manifestations, pathophysiology and therapies for non-motor Parkinson''s Disease.

The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field.

Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, and be supported to be part of their communities.

Der erste Band der Buchreihe "Bachelor Pflegestudium" zur akademischen Pflegeausbildung widmet sich dem Berufsbild der Pflege als einem modernen Gesundheitsberuf.

Aus der Demenz spricht die Seele des Menschen.

A groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners.

What does a dementia diagnosis mean for an individual's sense of self?