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Interventions for Alzheimer's disease
— a caregiver's complete reference | | Author(s) | Ruth M Tappen |
| Publisher | Health Professions Press, Baltimore, MA, 1997 |
| Pages | 239 pp |
| Source | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Management [care] ; Therapeutics ; Psychiatric treatment ; Informal care ; Rights [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This book is written for professionals responsible for planning, administration, or provision of services for older people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias. Part 1 introduces information on understanding AD, its course, pathological changes, and clinical evaluation. Part 2 on providing care, discusses intervention options to be used to promote better functioning and quality of life, covering: cognitive retraining; psychodynamics of AD; psychotherapeutic strategies; medications; rehabilitation; therapeutic recreation; environmental modifications; and promoting and maintenance of health and function. The final part concerns the social aspects of ensuring care for the caregiver, and of concern for the person with the disease and honouring his or her rights to respect, privacy, and preservation of dignity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980707247 B |
| Classmark | EA: QA: LL: LP: P6: IKR: 7T |
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