Older People and Community Care sets social and health care practice with older people firmly in the context of the new community care arrangements and the consequent organizational trends towards a market culture. However, it also questions the relative lack of attention given …
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
While recognizing the enormous difficulties of the present day, the book clearly demonstrates the possibility of a better life for people who have dementia, and comes to a cautiously optimistic conclusion. It will be of interest to all professionals involved in dementia care or …
For some years now, Tom Kitwood's work on dementia care has stood out as the most important, innovative and creative development in a field that has for too long been neglected. This book is a landmark in dementia care; it brings together, and elaborates on, Kitwood's theory of …
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
Drawing on research evidence, logical analysis and his own experience, Tom Kitwood examines the subject of dementia. Breaking new ground, Kitwood scrutinises and reappraises many of the older ideas concerning dementia.