Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia : care-based therapy / Chris Bonner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonner, Chris, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Psychology.

Dementia--Patients--Institutional care.

Stress in old age.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

1st American pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practical book provides simple ways to reduce stress-related behaviours in people with dementia. The author suggests strategies for managing problems with feeding, bathing, toileting and sleep, looks at how to understand and cope with wandering, agitation and inappropriate sexual activity, and discusses ways of defusing aggressive behaviour.

Contents:

Stress factors

Results of stress

Preventing/minimizing stress

Find out as much as you can about the person

Apply appropriate practices to minimize stress

Addressing stress-related responses

Hostile verbal and physical responses

Verbally agitated behaviours

Wandering

Intrusiveness, rummaging or picking behaviour

Managing feeding problems

Managing inappropriate sexual activity

Managing sleep disturbance

Factors affecting sleep in elderly people with dementia

Interventions to improve sleep

Importance of teamwork, training and support.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610349487

9781280349485

1280349484

9781846421419

1846421411

OCLC:

64560682