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Reshaping dementia care : practice and policy in long-term care / Miriam K. Aronson, editor.
LIBRA RC524 .R47 1994
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Senile dementia--Patients--Long-term care.
- Senile dementia.
- Senile dementia--Patients--Long-term care--United States.
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Long-Term Care--organization & administration.
- United States.
- Long-Term Care.
- Aged.
- Medical Subjects:
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Long-Term Care--organization & administration.
- United States.
- Long-Term Care.
- Aged.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [1994]
- Summary:
- Innovative approaches to dementia care in the nursing home are the subject of this volume. The contributors combine specific applied research findings and programmes in examining such topics as: addressing needs; developing multidisciplinary care teams; finding alternatives to restraints; and integrating the family into the care team. Special programmes designed to accommodate patients, including special care units, in-house day care, nursing unit-based services and social day care, are described. Also explored are: legal and ethical issues related to dementia; reimbursement; staff training; and increasing costs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803951590
- 0803951604
- OCLC:
- 30353396
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