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Thoughtful Dementia Care

Author : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988167810
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (678 download)

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Book Synopsis Thoughtful Dementia Care by : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller

Download or read book Thoughtful Dementia Care written by Jennifer Ghent-Fuller and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author carefully explains the loss of various types of memory and other thinking processes. She describes how these losses affect the day to day life of people with dementia, their understanding of the world around them and their personal situations. The many portrayals of real life experiences clarify and deepen the explanations. Jennifer is a nurse who worked for many years as an educator and counsellor for people with dementia and their families, as well as others in caring roles. She addresses the emotional and grief issues in the contexts in which they arise for families living with dementia. This book is intentionally written in easily understood plain language. "Thoughtful Dementia Care" is an expansion of the free paper by the same author, "Understanding the Dementia Experience", which has been widely distributed online and received much praise over the past ten years.

Thoughtful Dementia Care

Author : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781480007574
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Thoughtful Dementia Care by : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller

Download or read book Thoughtful Dementia Care written by Jennifer Ghent-Fuller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghent-Fuller offers insights into emotional reactions and practical suggestions based on deep understanding of the way people with dementia view many situations. She explains the loss of various types of memory and other thinking processes, and describes how these losses affect the day to day life of people with dementia, their understanding of the world around them and their personal situations.

Understanding the Dementia Experience

Author : Jennifer Barbara Ghent-Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988167827
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (678 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding the Dementia Experience by : Jennifer Barbara Ghent-Fuller

Download or read book Understanding the Dementia Experience written by Jennifer Barbara Ghent-Fuller and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Simplicity of Dementia

Author : Huub Buijssen
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781846420962
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis The Simplicity of Dementia by : Huub Buijssen

Download or read book The Simplicity of Dementia written by Huub Buijssen and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an accessible and sympathetic introduction for relatives, carers and professionals looking after or training to work with people with dementia. Drawing on the two `laws of dementia', the author explains the causes of communication problems, mood disturbances and `deviant' behaviours, with particular emphasis on how these are experienced by dementia sufferers themselves. Case examples demonstrate the typical symptoms and progression of dementia, and clear guidance is provided on how to support dementia sufferers at every stage and help them deal with the challenges posed by their condition. Relatives and carers will find this book a source of essential information and encouragement to deal confidently with the difficulties posed by the condition both for people with dementia and those around them.

The Common Sense Guide to Dementia For Clinicians and Caregivers

Author : Anne M. Lipton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461441625
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis The Common Sense Guide to Dementia For Clinicians and Caregivers by : Anne M. Lipton

Download or read book The Common Sense Guide to Dementia For Clinicians and Caregivers written by Anne M. Lipton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Common Sense Guide to Dementia for Clinicians and Caregivers provides an easy-to-read, practical, and thoughtful approach to dementia care. Written by two specialists who have cared for thousands of patients with dementia and their families, this ground-breaking title unifies the perspectives of neurology and psychiatry to meet a variety of caregiver needs. It spotlights many real-world concerns not typically covered in standard textbooks, while simultaneously presenting a more detailed medical perspective than typical caregiver manuals. This handy title offers expert guidance for the clinical management of dementia and compassionate support of patients and families. Designed to enhance the physician-caregiver interaction and liberally illustrated with case examples, The Common Sense Guide espouses general principles of dementia care that apply across the stages and spectrum of this illness, including non-Alzheimer's types of dementia, in addition to Alzheimer's disease. Clinicians, family members, and other caregivers will find this volume useful from the moment that symptoms of dementia emerge. The authors place an emphasis on caring for the caregiver as well as the patient. Essential topics include how to find the right clinician, make the most of a doctor's visit, and avert a crisis - or manage one that can't be avoided. Sometimes difficult considerations, such as driving, financial management, legal matters, long-term placement, and end-of-life care, are faced head-on. Tried, true, and time-saving tips are explained in terms of what works - and what doesn't - with regard to clinical evaluation, medications, behavioral measures, and alternate therapies. Medical, nursing, and allied health care professionals will undoubtedly turn to this unique overview as a vital resource and mainstay of clinical dementia care, as well as a valuable recommendation for family caregivers.

Dementia Home Care

Author : Tracy Cram Perkins
Publisher : Behler Publications
ISBN 13 : 1941887139
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Dementia Home Care written by Tracy Cram Perkins and published by Behler Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The target audience is women between the ages of 42 and 65. They represent the majority of unpaid care givers for loved ones with dementia. Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During and After will examine taking on the role of care giver and help them make informed decisions about in-home care giving. It will give examples of how to create a safe living space, how to use distraction techniques, and suggest available resources for the care giver. It will emphasize the role of care giver respite and participating in dementia community support to relieve the daily stress of dementia care. Home care giver, Tracy Cram Perkins, will use anecdotes drawn from twelve years of experience. Demetia Home Care will cover aggressive behavior, coping strategies, memory aids, communication aids, and support services. There is a space at the end of each chapter for the reader to record special or humorous moments with their loved ones. And it will address the empty nester experience after the loss of a loved one—to a nursing facility or to death—rarely covered in other books of this genre. This life-lesson of care giving is not meant to destroy us but meant to remind us to take care of ourselves, forgive ourselves, accept ourselves. To know other people trudge up this same hill with us every day. To pay forward kindness in some measure. To know laughter has not abandoned us. At the end, to know some measure of joy. -- Tracy Cram Perkins

Dementia

Author : John Swinton
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334049644
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Dementia written by John Swinton and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Michael Ramsay Prize 2016 Dementia is one of the most feared diseases in Western society today. Some have even gone so far as to suggest euthanasia as a solution to the perceived indignity of memory loss and the disorientation that accompanies it. Here, John Swinton develops a practical theology of dementia for caregivers, people with dementia, ministers, hospital chaplains, and medical practitioners as he explores two primary questions: • Who am I when I’ve forgotten who I am? • What does it mean to love God and be loved by God when I have forgotten who God is? Offering compassionate and carefully considered theological and pastoral responses to dementia and forgetfulness, Swinton’s Dementia redefines dementia in light of the transformative counter story that is the gospel.

When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community

Author : Rachael Wonderlin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421420651
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Book Synopsis When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community by : Rachael Wonderlin

Download or read book When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community written by Rachael Wonderlin and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community is an accessible guide offering answers to such questions as: How do I choose a place for my loved one to live? What can I find out by visiting a candidate memory-care community twice? What do I do if my loved one asks about going home? How can I improve the quality of my visits? What is the best way to handle conflict between residents, or between the resident and staff? How can I cope with my loved one's sundowning? What do I do if my loved one starts a romantic relationship with another resident?An indispensable book for family members and friends of people with dementia, When Someone You Know is Living in a Dementia Care Community touches the heart while explaining how to make a difficult situation better.

Keeping Mum

Author : Marianne Talbot
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1848505388
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Book Synopsis Keeping Mum by : Marianne Talbot

Download or read book Keeping Mum written by Marianne Talbot and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found Mum, clothes on over her pyjamas, grumbling she was fed up of being moved from pillar to post and was going home." When her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Marianne Talbot decided she couldn’t put her into a care home. Instead, for five years, she looked after her mum in her own home. For nearly three of those years she chronicled for the readers of Saga Magazine Online the fears and frustrations, the love and the laughter, and the tears and the traumas of caring. Now, in this heart warming book, you too can meet Marianne, Mum, and the appalling Fatcat. You will also find plenty of practical tips for caring for someone with dementia and on staying sane whilst doing so, a resources and useful contacts section and Marianne’s reflections on caring from a distance, and on when caring comes to an end. Written for anyone, anywhere, who has anything to do with dementia or with caring; in reading it you will know you are not alone.

Leadership for Person-centred Dementia Care

Author : Buz Loveday
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849052298
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Leadership for Person-centred Dementia Care by : Buz Loveday

Download or read book Leadership for Person-centred Dementia Care written by Buz Loveday and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a practical focus, this book will equip readers with the skills, knowledge and confidence necessary to lead person-centred dementia care. The areas explored are relevant across a range of care settings, and to all those in, or starting, either a managerial or non-managerial leadership role within a dementia care service.

Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care

Author : Barbara Goldschmidt
Publisher : Singing Dragon
ISBN 13 : 0857010484
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care by : Barbara Goldschmidt

Download or read book Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care written by Barbara Goldschmidt and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards* The simple sensation of touching someone's hand can have a powerful therapeutic effect. Hand massage is a positive and meaningful way of reaching out and providing comfort to those who are elderly, ill or nearing the end of life, and it can be particularly effective for people with dementia who may respond well to positive non-verbal interaction. This book offers inspiration for all caregivers looking for an alternative way to support and connect with a family member, friend or patient in their care. It teaches an easy 30 minute hand massage sequence and offers clear instructions and detailed illustrations to guide the reader through each step. Combining light massage strokes with focused awareness, and paying close attention to points on energy pathways, this book introduces a structured way of sharing touch that is grounded in Western and Eastern massage traditions. Gentle touch therapy is ideal for healthcare professionals and family members alike, and has been shown to have physical and emotional benefits for both the giver and the receiver.

Using Technology in Dementia Care

Author : Arlene Astell
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784507792
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Book Synopsis Using Technology in Dementia Care by : Arlene Astell

Download or read book Using Technology in Dementia Care written by Arlene Astell and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new pieces of technology can be beneficial to individuals living with dementia, including both hardware and software. This straightforward guide summarises the current research on this growing topic, and gives practical advice on how available technology can be used to improve the everyday lives of people with dementia. Looking at a range of available products, such as off-the-shelf computers and smartphones, to dementia specific applications and programs, it also addresses some common obstacles and barriers faced when introducing technology in dementia care. The past twenty years have seen an array of technologies developed to improve the day-to-day lives of people with dementia; this guide shows how they can be effectively used.

It Isn't Common Sense

Author : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481995993
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (959 download)

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Book Synopsis It Isn't Common Sense by : Jennifer Ghent-Fuller

Download or read book It Isn't Common Sense written by Jennifer Ghent-Fuller and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with memory loss due to dementia often do not remember what is about to happen during their day. They may not recognize where they are, whom they are with, nor, when it is in time. As a result of their changing understanding of the world around them, they may develop persistent high anxiety. Learning how to interact with them to keep them feeling secure and calm is very beneficial to both people with dementia and their carers. This book provides a brief, easily understood, orientation to the causes and effects of dementia, assisted by carefully designed on-line search terms, which will lead the reader to explanatory illustrations. Reflective exercises are provided, in order to help the reader to build an empathetic understanding of the emotional context within which the person with dementia dwells. Fundamental interaction patterns are explained. Written by the author of "Thoughtful Dementia Care TM: Understanding the Dementia Experience" (2012).

Designing a Better Day

Author : Keith Diaz Moore
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801888913
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Designing a Better Day written by Keith Diaz Moore and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2007 Polsky Prize given by the ASID Foundation As the U.S. population ages, adult day services have become an integral component in the continuum of care for elderly people. Providing a variety of social and medical services for cognitively or physically impaired elderly people who otherwise might reside in institutions, these facilities can be found in a variety of building types, from purpose-built facilities to the proverbial church basement. They also vary widely in their philosophies, case mix, funding mechanisms, and services. In this interdisciplinary study, Keith Diaz Moore, Lyn Dally Geboy, and Gerald D. Weisman offer guidance for planning and designing good-quality adult day services centers. They encourage architects, caregivers, and staff members to think beyond the building, organizational mission, and staffing structure to conceive of the place that emerges as an interrelated system of people, programming, and physical setting. Through case studies, thoughtful explanations, and well-crafted illustrations, Designing a Better Day provides caregivers, architects, and administrators tools with which they can make qualitative changes for participants and their families. Organized into three parts—creating awareness, increasing understanding, and taking action—this book will be a key resource for professionals involved in creating and maintaining effective adult day services centers.

Dancing with Dementia

Author : Christine Bryden
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781843103325
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Dancing with Dementia written by Christine Bryden and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help. This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about.

Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia

Author : Larry Van De Creek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317789768
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia written by Larry Van De Creek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia explores spirituality in those with dementia to enrich our understanding of the neurological and psychological aspects of hope, prayer, and the power of belief. You will discover how your ministry is vitally relevant to the clinical well-being and quality of life of people with Alzheimer's disease. Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia provides you with a model spiritual care program for long-term facilities that supplies you with ideas you can implement in your own ministry. You will learn to avoid cognitive pastoral care method that can be hurtful to those suffering with dementia by using new approaches found in Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia. This book provides you with suggestions about how to spiritually care for people with dementia. These important recommendations include: understanding the value of pastoral contact when ministering to people with a loss of cognitive functions and memory discovering the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold psychosocial model (PLST) that can make important contributions by enhancing the quality of life for people with dementia providing pastoral care using nonverbal methods to overcome the barriers of cognitive dysfunction exploring a client's cognitive and emotional reality on a daily basis to determine how to best interact with him or her gaining insight into how a thorough analysis of the illness and personal religious history can assist in planning religious activities that provide comfort and solace for people with dementia and their families Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia describes religious, theological, and psychodynamic perspectives that will help you to offer better spiritual care for people with dementia. Using your newly acquired skills from Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia, you will be more effective when ministering to people with Alzheimer's Disease and to their families.

The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care

Author : Virginia Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878812353
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care written by Virginia Bell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care shows how easily you can make a difference in the life of a family member or client in your care. Here's the help you've been looking for: families will gain a renewed sense of hope, nursing facility staff will find simple applications for resident care, adult day center staff can enrich programming and attract more volunteers, and individuals with emerging Alzheimer's disease will gain valuable insights. Learn new ways to solve problems, encourage positive behavior, and improve communications. Make every day consistently reassuring, enjoyable, and secure.