Creating Joy and Meaning for the Dementia Patient offers a positive approach to dementia care, one that will help caregivers connect the patient's understanding to the world around him/her, so that even small triumphs can help to bridge the gap from the darkness of dementia to t…
Based on ten years of caregiving experience, the techniques offered here honor the patient's individuality, interests, and previous accomplishments. This approach is fresh and inspirational, and recounts a personal journey, filled with relatable experiences that readers will fin…
When discussing dementia, the medical literature tends to focus on Alzheimer's disease, leaving other dementias, such as those relating to cerebrovascular disease, somewhat neglected, despite being a common cause of cognitive decline in later life. However, in recent years there…
Dementia is increasingly and widely recognised as a serious health and social challenge, in the developed world as well as in the developing world. The need therefore to design and implement dementia care services of high quality is becoming more and more vital, particularly giv…
by Smith, Patricia Burkhart, Kenan, Mary, Kunik, Mark Edwin
fromFor dummies
Provides an introduction to the causes and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease while discussing accompanying conditions, treatment options, and appropriate care.
by Smith, Patricia Burkhart, Kenan, Mary, Kunik, Mark Edwin
fromFor dummies
Provides an introduction to the causes and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease while discussing accompanying conditions, treatment options, and appropriate care.
Explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects; highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders; and demonstrates how various treatments affect the brain to help ease or eliminate symptoms.
Explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects; highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders; and demonstrates how various treatments affect the brain to help ease or eliminate symptoms.
Explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects; highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders; and demonstrates how various treatments affect the brain to help ease or eliminate symptoms.
Explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects; highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders; and demonstrates how various treatments affect the brain to help ease or eliminate symptoms.
The story behind "In Death's Waiting Room" is a penetrating human drama that concerns us all--as our "greatest generation" continues to age, more and more families are contending with the onset of dementia in their elderly parents and grandparents, a trend that will only continu…
"In Death's Waiting Room is a penetrating story about people suffering from dementia in a multi-cultural society, relevant to us all. Anne-Mei The carried out two years of ethnographic research in a nursing home in the Netherlands revealing what usually remains hidden from the p…
