Murna Downs, Laura Middleton-Green, Jane Chatterjee

End of Life Care for People with Dementia

A Person-Centred Approach

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing compassionate, person-centred care for a person with dementia as they approach the end of life is a key issue in dementia care , and this book provides practical strategies to ensure physical and emotional wellbeing, guidance on ethical issues, useful examples for practice and solutions to possible obstacles.

Produktdetails

• University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050470
• ISBN-10: 1849050473
• Artikelnr.: 41771218

Autorenporträt

Professor Murna Downs is Chair of the School of Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. Laura Middleton-Green is a lecturer in palliative and end of life care at the School of Dementia Studies, University of Bradford, UK. Jane Chatterjee is a Practice Educator/Lecturer at St. Gemma's Hospice, Leeds, UK. Sarah Russell is Head of Research and Clinical Innovation at Hospice UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. 1. Transitions. 2. Promoting Dignity and Physical
Wellbeing at the End of life. 3. Promoting Dignity and Emotional Wellbeing
at the End of Life. 4. Supporting Families through Advanced Dementia and
End of Life. 5. Supporting the Health and Social Care Workforce to Provide
End of Life Care for People with Dementia. References. Index.