A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition. This updated edition reflects new guidance on approaches to supporting people with dementia, focussing especially on the UK, and includes quotes from people with dementia as well as from family carers. The ......
Interweaving research on aging, ideas from influential thinkers in the aging services field, and the author's own experiences managing and operating senior living communities, this book challenges readers to question long-accepted practices, examine their own biases, and work toward creating vibrant cultures of possibility and growth for elders.
The imperative to make healthcare care services more person centred is hampered by leaders and providers who are stuck in old management paradigms. Nancy Fox takes you through real-life experiences and succinct, powerful lessons in human, social, and organisational behaviour to teach the skills needed for sustaining high-performing caring ......
Caregivers hold the key to the health, well-being, and happiness of their aging relatives, partners, or friends. The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved one'from making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out.
Managing Common Conditions by Healing the Nervous System First
This thoughtful guide is essential reading for teachers and therapists looking to integrate trauma awareness into their practice with older adults. By encouraging students to accept their vulnerabilities, Spindler's method creates a gentler and more inward-looking approach that respects the body and the mind.
A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment Fifth Edition
This fifth edition contains the latest research on the use of the QCS PAL Instrument and new information on using the PAL Engagement Measure. It features photocopiable activity checklists and plans that help professionals match users' abilities with personal care and leisure activities to aid them in meaningful activity.
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?Drawing on over ten years' experience of working with people with dementia, Karrie Marshall provides a toolkit of tried and tested creative activities to support communication and relationships. ......
This mind-stimulating book offers tools and resources to strengthen mental functioning. Targeted brain fitness activities work to exercise many areas of cognition, such as memory, attention, focus, visual-spatial processing, and sequencing. These activities are fun - and appropriately challenging. And just like any good workout, the benefits ......
As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to express needs and desires. But how do you recognise what physical and social changes will help improve functioning, communication, and quality of life? The Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit (ECAT) for Dementia ......
