Dementia can be a distressing condition, for the sufferer, and for families and other carers. Management of dementia is never easy, and involves facing some unpleasant problems and difficult choices. The right approach and expertise can minimise the unpleasantness and make dementia manageable, while
Dementia care: a practical approach
โ Scribed by Smith, Grahame
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 196
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Dementia awareness / Sue Ashton --
Social policy and dementia / Lorraine Shaw & Denise Parker --
Assessment / Denise Parker --
Case management / Denise Parker --
Risk management / Rebecca Rylance & James Kidd --
Living well with dementia / Grahame Smith, Jackie Davenport & Denise Parker --
Living with dementia / Carol Wilcox & Tommy Dunne --
Care and compassion / Julie Ann Hayes, Lorraine Shaw & Grahame Smith --
Pharmacological interventions / Rebecca Rylance & Donal Deehan --
Psychological interventions / Debbie Knott & Denise Parker --
Technological approaches / Grahame Smith & Denise Parker --
The environment / Denise Parker & Robert MacDonald --
End of life / Sue Ashton --
The way forward / Grahame Smith.
โฆ Subjects
Dementia;Patients;Care.;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare;Dementia;therapy.;Patient Care;methods.;Great Britain.
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