Early psychosocial interventions in early dementia : evidence-based practice / edited by Esme Moniz-Cook and Jill Manthorpe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moniz-Cook, Esme.

Manthorpe, Jill, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Care--Europe.

Dementia.

Evidence-based medicine--Europe.

Evidence-based medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadephia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of the person's life. It looks at ways of providing support at the time of diagnosis and goes on to explore a variety of interventions and services for the treatment of early dementia.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia:Evidence-Based Practice; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Personalising PsychosocialInterventions to Individual Needs and Context; PART I SUPPORT AT THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS; 2 What Do We Tell People with Dementia aboutTheir Diagnosis and How Do We Tell Them?; 3 Timely Psychosocial Interventions ina Memory Clinic; PART II COGNITIVE AND MEMORY SUPPORT; 4 Working with Memory Problems: CognitiveRehabilitation in Early Dementia

5 Cognitive Stimulation for People with MildCognitive Impairment and Early Dementia6 GRADIOR: A Personalised Computer-basedCognitive Training Programme forEarly Intervention in Dementia; 7 Memory Groups for People withEarly Dementia; 8 Health Technologies for People withEarly Dementia: The ENABLE Project; PART III PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONALAND SOCIAL SUPPORT; 9 Group Psychotherapy for People withEarly Dementia; 10 Art Therapy: Getting in Touch with Inner Selfand Outside World; 11 A Host of Golden Memories: Individualand Couples Group Reminiscence

12 Developing Group Support for Men with MildCognitive Difficulties and Early Dementia13 Group Psycho-Educational Interventionfor Family Carers; PART IV DEVELOPING EVIDENCE-BASEDPSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES; 14 The Meeting Centres Support Programme; 15 Personalised Disease Management forPeople with Dementia: The PrimaryCarer Support Programme; Chapter 16Carer Interventionsin the Voluntary Sector; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612059353

9781282059351

1282059351

9781846428654

1846428653

OCLC:

316328916