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9781843105718 Academic Inspection Copy

Design for Nature in Dementia Care

  • ISBN-13: 9781843105718
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Garuth Chalfont
  • Price: AUD $59.99
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2007
  • Format: Paperback (295.00mm X 211.00mm) 184 pages Weight: 520g
  • Categories: Care of the elderly [JKSG]
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Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. The benefits of connecting the subjective experience of dementia sufferers with their physical environment include sensory stimulation and enhanced cognitive, psychological and physical well-being, as well as improved behaviour management.Design for Nature in Dementia Care adopts a holistic and person-centred approach to caring for dementia sufferers by considering their emotional, psychological and spiritual well-being. The book provides comprehensive examples of the wide range of ways a person can connect to nature through indoor and outdoor activities, elements and environments, such as caring for house plants and pets, gardening and cooking, practising handicrafts and domestic chores, and offers solutions and insights to a professional understanding of the design of buildings and landscapes.The book draws on interdisciplinary research evidence from environmental psychology, neurology, architecture, nursing and dementia care practice, and spells out practical ways in which care providers and design professionals can design for nature in dementia care.
Introduction.; Section 1: Nature Indoors.; 1. Living with Nature.; 2. Nature Based Activities.; 3. Ethical Issues re Nature Indoors.; Section 2: Nature Outdoors.; 4. The Natural World.; 5. Activities Outdoors.; 6. Ethical Issues re Nature Outdoors.; 7. Summary. Appendix. References. Subject index. Author index.
This is a well-written, well-researched book that could help revolutionise dementia care by focusing upon practical steps practitioners can take to create a therapeutic environment by incorparating nature into care settings... Chalfont writes with such passion and conviction for his subject that this invariably ""rubs off"" onto readers leaving them feeling inspired and wanting to find out more. Throughout the book we are encouraged to design enabling environments and activities using a person-centred approach that focus upon the perspective of the person with dementia. The book also makes much needed contribution to an area of demantia care, which is often overlooked even though nature is so important to all of us. All practitioners in the fiels of dementia care, not only social workers, should be encouraged to read this important text as I feel it holds a way of working from which all of us could gain something.
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