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Excellence in dementia care
— research into practice | | Author(s) | Murna Downs, Barbara Bowers |
| Publisher | Open University Press, Maidenhead, 2008 |
| Pages | 531 pp |
| Source | Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, McGraw-Hill House, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2QL. Email: enquiries@openup.co.uk Website: http://www.openup.co.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Medical care ; Psychiatric treatment ; Informal care ; Instruction handbooks. |
| Annotation | Drawing principally on UK and US current thinking, practice and policy, eminent practitioners cover a range of evidence about quality dementia care, including user and family carer experience. This book is intended for practitioners, professionals and academics working or volunteering in health and social care with people with dementia. It is organised in four sections and a modular structure: each chapter includes learning objectives, text exercise, debates and controversies in the field, and information about relevant organisations. Part 1, on principles and perspectives, includes discussions of prevalence, subjective experiences, ethnicity, family carer perspectives, and person-centred, ethical considerations. Part 2, knowledge and skill for supporting people with dementia, focuses on ways of improving quality of life for people with dementia: appropriate assessment; supporting cognition; communication and social exclusion; understanding the language of behaviour; promoting physical health and well-being; alleviating emotional distress; and working with life history. Part 3, on journeys through dementia care, discusses diagnosis and early support, and forms of care provision: at home, in hospital, specialist housing, and care homes. The section also has discussions of end of life care, and grief and bereavement. Part 4, on embedding excellence in dementia care, includes chapters on service user involvement; having a trained and supportive workforce; and attending to the needs of all stakeholders. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080915001 B |
| Classmark | EA: LK: LP: P6: 69M |
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