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Dementia: an introduction for nursing, health and social care
Wydawca: Lantern Publishing Ltd
EAN: 9781914962240
Opis
Opis
Dementia is an accessible introductory textbook that will help to improve the quality of care provided to people with dementia. It is aimed primarily at nursing, health and social care students who are seeking to understand dementia and to become rounded practitioners.
Through clear explanations, examples, case studies and activities, the book will help you to support and care for people with dementia whenever you meet them in your practice. You will learn:
What dementia is and how its various forms are diagnosed and treated
How to provide person-centred care and how to support family carers
How to apply key principles in communicating with a person living with dementia
About key legal, ethical and safeguarding issues including capacity, decision-making and risk
How dementia and comorbid conditions interact and what challenges comorbid conditions present in the care of people with dementia
Best practice in end-of-life care and support for people with dementia and their families
Written by a team of highly experienced practitioners and researchers in dementia care, this book will help you to improve your understanding of dementia and to provide high-quality care and support to people with dementia and their families and carers.
Contents
About the authors; Abbreviations
SECTION 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to the book
Amy Pepper
2. What is dementia?
Karen Harrison Dening
3. Person-centred care and dementia
Amy Pepper
SECTION 2: The dementia care pathway
4. Diagnosis of dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
5. Medications used in dementia and their management
Karen Harrison Dening
6. Post-diagnostic support for people with dementia and their carers
Amy Pepper
7. Assessment for care and support
Amy Pepper
8. End-of-life care and dementia
Emma Wolverson
SECTION 3: Common issues in dementia care
9. Communication and dementia
Amy Pepper
10. Capacity and decision-making in dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
11. Risk and dementia
Amy Pepper
12. Distress in dementia
Emma Wolverson
13. Delirium and dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
14. Dementia and other health conditions
Karen Harrison Dening
15. Supporting family carers
Tia Cheung-Cook
16. Ethical issues in dementia care
Amy Pepper
17. Dementia policy and guidance
Karen Harrison Dening
18. Research and people with dementia
Emma Wolverson
19. Future challenges in dementia care
Madeleine Walpert
Index
Through clear explanations, examples, case studies and activities, the book will help you to support and care for people with dementia whenever you meet them in your practice. You will learn:
What dementia is and how its various forms are diagnosed and treated
How to provide person-centred care and how to support family carers
How to apply key principles in communicating with a person living with dementia
About key legal, ethical and safeguarding issues including capacity, decision-making and risk
How dementia and comorbid conditions interact and what challenges comorbid conditions present in the care of people with dementia
Best practice in end-of-life care and support for people with dementia and their families
Written by a team of highly experienced practitioners and researchers in dementia care, this book will help you to improve your understanding of dementia and to provide high-quality care and support to people with dementia and their families and carers.
Contents
About the authors; Abbreviations
SECTION 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to the book
Amy Pepper
2. What is dementia?
Karen Harrison Dening
3. Person-centred care and dementia
Amy Pepper
SECTION 2: The dementia care pathway
4. Diagnosis of dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
5. Medications used in dementia and their management
Karen Harrison Dening
6. Post-diagnostic support for people with dementia and their carers
Amy Pepper
7. Assessment for care and support
Amy Pepper
8. End-of-life care and dementia
Emma Wolverson
SECTION 3: Common issues in dementia care
9. Communication and dementia
Amy Pepper
10. Capacity and decision-making in dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
11. Risk and dementia
Amy Pepper
12. Distress in dementia
Emma Wolverson
13. Delirium and dementia
Karen Harrison Dening
14. Dementia and other health conditions
Karen Harrison Dening
15. Supporting family carers
Tia Cheung-Cook
16. Ethical issues in dementia care
Amy Pepper
17. Dementia policy and guidance
Karen Harrison Dening
18. Research and people with dementia
Emma Wolverson
19. Future challenges in dementia care
Madeleine Walpert
Index
Szczegóły
Szczegóły
Wymiary: 24.5x17.2
Wydawca: Lantern Publishing Ltd
Tytuł:Dementia: an introduction for nursing, health and social care
EAN: 9781914962240
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