Dementia ：Metamorphosis in Care

Publication subTitle ：Metamorphosis in Care

Author： Claire Biernacki  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9780470319093

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780470019979

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780470019979

Subject： R749.1 brain organic mental disorder

Language： ENG

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Our perceptions of dementia and what dementia care should constitute have changed dramatically over the past 20 years.  Research has uncovered a mass of information concerning all aspects of dementia. This wealth of information should be reflected in a dramatic change, indeed a metamorphosis, in the way people with dementia are cared for. No such change has occurred.

Dementia - Metamorphosis in Care will address the need for change and provide practitioners with a means of understanding why adhering to the old model – the medical approach – can be damaging in current care settings. Practitioners are advised on what is needed from them in order that they can positively influence the lives of those living with dementia. The importance of the role of professional carer and the responsibility they carry regarding whether or not care improves, is underlined throughout the book.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  1 – 9

Preface

pp.：  9 – 11

1 Dementia in Context

pp.：  11 – 13

2 Impetus for Change

pp.：  13 – 33

3 A New Model of Care

pp.：  33 – 49

4 Whose Diagnosis Is It?

pp.：  49 – 63

5 Perspectives on the Experience of Dementia

pp.：  63 – 83

6 Issues in Communication

pp.：  83 – 105

7 Putting Quality into a Life Lived with Dementia

pp.：  105 – 129

8 Getting the Most from Drug Treatment

pp.：  129 – 147

9 Growing Old and Dying with Dementia

pp.：  147 – 167

10 Moving Forward

pp.：  167 – 187

References

pp.：  187 – 201

Index

pp.：  201 – 213

LastPages

pp.：  213 – 217

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