The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life.
Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasizes the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia.
The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care.
Though exceptional human longevity has captured the imagination for millennia, it has been only in the past fifteen years or so that some of the secrets to very long lives are finally giving way to scientific inquiry.
The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care.
Es geht um einen Rückblick auf viele Erlebnisse, Ereignisse - schöne und ebenso furchtbare, grausame Momente - während meiner Tätigkeit in der Altenpflege.
Giving voice to the lived experiences of people with dementia across the globe, including Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK, this critical and evidence-based collection engages with the realities of life for people living with dementia at home and within their neighbourhoods.
Wissen aneignen, Lösungsansätze prüfen und Sicherheit im Pflege- und Prüfungsalltag gewinnen: Mit 250 Praxisfällen aus der Pflege ist dieses Buch der ideale Begleiter für die Ausbildung und zur Prüfungsvorbereitung.
This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing.
THE DEFINITIVE TEXT ON THE PRINCIPLES AND CLINCAL PRACTICE OF NURSING HOME CARENursing Home Care is a practical textbook designed to serve as a rich evidence-based resource to provide physicians and other practitioners with the information and knowledge to advance nursing home care.
Radical Orthodoxy, whose founding father is John Milbank, claims that God has been pushed to the margins in modernity and that a false and misleading neo-theology has taken hold that needs to be revisited and contested.
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them.
The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life.
Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes.
Aktivitäten schnell und einfach planen - erfüllte Tage im AlterDas umfassende und fundierte Lehr- und Nachschlagewerk geht auf die verschiedenen Bedürfnisse nach sinnvoller Beschäftigung alter Menschen durch zahlreiche unterschiedliche geragogische Angebote ein und berücksichtigt dabei die Demenz als zentrales Schwerpunktthema in der Altenpflege.
Exploring the key issues around anti-discriminatory practice for professionals working in mental health services, this book looks at ways to improve the health and social care of older people from minority and excluded communities.
With today's availability of Social Security and Medicare, we typically think of the older years as a stage in life where people are supported financially.
Davies' study of institutional life is multi-textured, informed by social and architectural theory while telling us much about daily life in these facilities.
Written in plain English with a touch of humor (the best medicine) Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is a medical crisis handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers alike.
Practice guidelines for management of conditions prevalent in long-term geriatric care are based, by and large, on expert consensus and rarely on controlled studies.
With contributions from experienced dementia practitioners and care researchers, this book examines the impact of culture and ethnicity on the experience of dementia and on the provision of support and services, both in general terms and in relation to specific minority ethnic communities.
'A beautiful and moving book that vividly brings home the challenges faced by those with dementia and their carers' Sir Tony RobinsonA moving and beautifully illustrated book that captures the real life tales of people living with dementia, as told by their loved ones caring for them.
Praise for the Third Edition:"e;The third edition of this outstanding resource reflects the many advances in the care of older people that have occurred since the publication of the second edition.
A guiding principle of the Council on Health Care Technology is a special focus on medical technology assessment measures that coincide with patient well-being, quality of health care, and quality of life.
This authoritative collection sets out the critical role and application of evaluation in identifying and developing good practice in a range of dementia care settings.
