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.
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.
Although currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of their lives and their notions of themselves.
Namaste Care is a therapeutic approach to caring for those living with advanced dementia, focused on improving their quality of life through a simple, soothing and rewarding process.
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.
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.
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.
More and more people, particularly the very elderly, are becoming interested in what is known as fasting to death - a method of ending their own lives in a self-determined way.
Das vorliegende Werk liefert ein für die generalistische Pflegeausbildung konzipiertes Arbeitsbuch für Lehrkräfte und Auszubildende mit dem Schwerpunkt Geriatrie.
Das vorliegende Werk liefert ein für die generalistische Pflegeausbildung konzipiertes Arbeitsbuch für Lehrkräfte und Auszubildende mit dem Schwerpunkt Geriatrie.
El presente trabajo se realizó en la organización La casa de la Abuela Juana, de la ciudad de San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro donde se encuentran institucionalizados adultos mayores de más de sesenta y cinco años, surgiendo como interrogante qué diferencias se obtendrían si se compararan los adultos mayores en diferentes contextos de vida, por lo tanto tuvo como objetivo comparar la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores institucionalizados, con los adultos mayores no institucionalizados, para determinar el grado de influencia que tiene la salud y en qué forma es esta percibida por los adultos mayores en su bienestar y en su calidad de vida.
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 innovative book sets out practical guidance for people with dementia, their families and carers on reducing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships.
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.
The correlation between 'disengagement' and illness in people with dementia living in long-term care settings is becoming more widely recognised, and developing and adapting front-line staff responses to the changing needs of individuals is a crucial factor in addressing this problem.
This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.
Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.
This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines.
Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life explores the spiritual dimension of ageing and investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues.
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.
In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
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.
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.
Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community.
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.
