Practical guide to the delivery of care to people with dementia in both residential and day care settings. Topics covered include: diagnosis and assessment; daily care; coping with unusual behaviour; dilemmas and challenges; building design; and health and legal issues. Training exercises and case studies based on real-life situations are used throughout.
Practical guide to the delivery of care to people with dementia in both residential and day care settings. Topics covered include: diagnosis and assessment; daily care; coping with unusual behaviour; dilemmas and challenges; building design; and health and legal issues. Training exercises and case studies based on real-life situations are used throughout.
Subject terms:
older people, residential care, social care provision, staff development, training, training materials, assessment, care homes, day services, dementia, diagnosis;
Collection of papers. Part 1 looks at listening to people with dementia and their carers and includes chapters on: collaboration and interdependence; remembering the relationship in family caregiving for people with dementia; the impact of dementia on young carers; hearing the voices of people with dementia; the experience of writing with people with dementia; and the uniqueness of people with dementia. Part 2 is on policies and services, including: the European Alzheimer Clearing House; taking dementia services in Victoria into the 21st century; public policy in dementia care; staff issues in hospital and in the community; old age psychiatry and older people with dementia; home based respite care; personal finances; elder abuse; and advocacy. Part 3 looks at working together, including: team approaches to risk management; joint working; workforce recruitment and development; and community dementia team development in Coventry. Part 4 deals with interventions, Part 5 with buildings, fixtures and fittings, Part 6 with staff training; Part 7 with younger people with dementia; Part 8 with the media; Part 9 is on evaluation and critique and Part 10 examines death, sexuality and spirituality.
Collection of papers. Part 1 looks at listening to people with dementia and their carers and includes chapters on: collaboration and interdependence; remembering the relationship in family caregiving for people with dementia; the impact of dementia on young carers; hearing the voices of people with dementia; the experience of writing with people with dementia; and the uniqueness of people with dementia. Part 2 is on policies and services, including: the European Alzheimer Clearing House; taking dementia services in Victoria into the 21st century; public policy in dementia care; staff issues in hospital and in the community; old age psychiatry and older people with dementia; home based respite care; personal finances; elder abuse; and advocacy. Part 3 looks at working together, including: team approaches to risk management; joint working; workforce recruitment and development; and community dementia team development in Coventry. Part 4 deals with interventions, Part 5 with buildings, fixtures and fittings, Part 6 with staff training; Part 7 with younger people with dementia; Part 8 with the media; Part 9 is on evaluation and critique and Part 10 examines death, sexuality and spirituality.
Subject terms:
life story work, mass media, multidisciplinary services, older people, psychiatry, psychotherapy, publicity, religions, residential care, risk management, sexuality, social policy, social care provision, spirituality, staff, staff development, staff management, training, user views, young carers, adults, assessment, Alzheimers disease, assistive technology, carers, care homes, community care, death, dementia, environmental factors, evaluation, financial abuse;