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| Dementia care training manual for staff working in nursing and residential settings | | Author(s) | Danny Walsh |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley, London, 2006 |
| Pages | 240 pp (JKP resource materials) |
| Source | Jessica Kingsley (Publishers) Ltd., 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. http://www.jkp.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Management [care] ; Care home staff ; Training [welfare work] ; Instruction handbooks. |
| Annotation | Compared to other workers and professionals, care assistants in hospitals, nursing homes and other institutional settings generally have the greatest daily contact with clients. This book provides a foundation of theory alongside practical guidelines, and aims to empower care workers with the knowledge to make a difference to the lives of people with dementia for whom they are caring. Having introduced what dementia is and how it affects us, areas covered include: attitudes and needs; communication; reality orientation and validation; person centred care; challenging behaviours; caring for carers; environmental concerns; and medication and ethical issues. Many of the chapters have direct links with benchmarks including: Care Homes for Older People: National Minimum Standards; the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF); and the Mental Health Standards Framework. The book can either be used as a training manual for group sessions, or by individual carers as a focus for their learning, for example in connection with National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs). Exercises and resources that are photocopiable for training purposes are indicated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070205002 B |
| Classmark | EA: QA: QRM: QW: 69M |
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