Dave Pulsford, Rachel Thompson

Dementia - Support for Family and Friends, Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition. This updated edition reflects new guidance on approaches to supporting people with dementia, focussing especially on the UK, and includes quotes from people with dementia as well as from family carers.

The book explores each stage of the journey people with dementia face and explains how it affects the person, as well as those around them both at home and in residential settings. It shows how best to offer support and where to get professional and informal assistance. Focussing on the progressive nature of dementia and the issues that can arise as a result, it gives practical advice that can help to ensure the best possible quality of life both for the person with dementia and the people around them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784508111
• Artikelnr.: 57079362

Autorenporträt

Dave Pulsford was formerly Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, and is now retired.
Rachel Thompson is Admiral Nurse Professional & Practice Development Lead for Dementia UK in London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I - Living with Dementia
1. Becoming Familiar with Dementia
2. Being a Family Member or Friend of a Person with Dementia
3. Someone Close to me may have Dementia - Assessment, Diagnosis and Types of Dementia
4. Sources of Support for People with Dementia, Families and Friends
PART II - Understanding dementia as it progresses
5. The Early Years of Dementia
6. Managing Change as Dementia Progresses
7. Social & Leisure Activities as Dementia Progresses
8. The Challenges of Dementia
9. Considering Residential Care for People with Dementia
10. When Dementia has become Advanced
11. The End of Life
Conclusion - Suffering from Dementia or Living with Dementia?
Resources