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Successful communication with Alzheimer's disease patients
— an in-service manual | | Author(s) | Mary Jo Santo Pietro, Elizabeth Ostuni |
| Publisher | Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1997 |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| Source | Heinemann Publishers Oxford, Halley Court, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8EJ. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Communication ; Nursing homes ; Personnel ; Teaching aids ; Instruction handbooks. |
| Annotation | Communication skills impact on every aspect of care for patients with Alzheimer's disease in long-term care settings. This manual aims to improve the communication skills of caregivers who are in daily contact with Alzheimer's patients. It contains 12 teaching units, each focusing on a specific aspect of communication. Common communication disorders in Alzheimer's disease are described, and the impact of the physical and psychosocial environment on Alzheimer's disease patients' ability to communicate are explored. The manual also describes specific communication techniques for enhancing conversation with dementia patients, and several formal programmes and methods designed to support communication. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980128404 B |
| Classmark | EA: DA: U: LHB: QM: VF: 69M |
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