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Dementia care training manual for staff working in nursing and residential settings / Danny Walsh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, Danny.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caregivers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Caregivers.
- Dementia--Patients--Care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Dementia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st American pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers to examine their working practice and modify it to meet best practice guidelines. Packed with photocopiable exercises, discussion points and questions, this training manual provides a framework for care work in line with statutory requirements and standards.
- Contents:
- Cover; Dementia Care TrainingManual for Staff Workingin Nursing and ResidentialSettings; Contents; Introduction; 1What is Dementia?; 2History of Dementia andDementia Care; 3How DementiaAffects Us; 4Attitudes and Needs; 5Communicationin Dementia; 6Individualised Care andClient History; 7Activity; 8TherapeuticRelationships, RealityOrientation,Validationand ResolutionApproaches; 9Reminiscence; 10Independence and GoodPractice; 11Person Centred Care; 12Bad Practice and Abuse; 13Problem Solving andTrouble Shooting; 14Wandering andRestlessness; 15Accusations; 16Aggression; 17Disinhibition
- 18Dressing19Eating and Nutrition; 20Hallucinations; 21Toileting Difficulties andIncontinence; 22Personal Hygiene,Washing and Bathing; 23Repetition; 24Shouting; 25Sleep Disturbance; 26Withdrawal andNon-Communication; 27Normalisation andInclusion; 28Care Planning; 29Physical Care; 30The Care Environment; 31Depression andDementia; 32Drugs and Dementia; 33Ethical Considerations; 34Early Onset Dementia; 35Supporting and IncludingRelatives and Friends; 36Supporting Each Other; Postscript; Resources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610737987
- 9781280737985
- 1280737980
- 9781846425356
- 1846425352
- OCLC:
- 81143888
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