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Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia : guidelines and standards for evidence-based care / [edited by] Gary A. Martin, Marwan N. Sabbagh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presenile dementia--Patients--Care.
- Presenile dementia.
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Care.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Presenile dementia--Palliative treatment.
- Alzheimer's disease--Palliative treatment.
- Palliative treatment--Standards.
- Palliative treatment.
- Evidence-based medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2010!. ""This book...provides important information on best practices and appropriate ways to care for a person with Alzheimer's and advanced dementia. Drs. Martin and Sabbagh have assembled a team of experts to help craft recommendations that should ultimately become standards that all professional caregivers adopt."" -Michael Reagan. Son of former President Ronald Reagan. President, Reagan Legacy Foundation. This book testifies that caregivers can have a monumental impact on the lives of persons with advanced dementia. Through specialized programmi
- Contents:
- Determining and defining advanced dementia
- The continuum of care
- Caregiving
- Personhood
- Creating the optimal milieu for care
- Managing behavior problems associated with advanced dementia
- Assessing and addressing pain
- Ensuring the appropriate use of medications in advanced dementia
- Eating and nutrition
- Dressing and grooming
- Bowel and bladder management
- Ambulation and mobility
- Bathing
- Activities programming
- Cultural diversity
- Healthcare decisions for advanced dementia
- The continuum of grief
- Establishing healthcare-related legal options for the vulnerable patient.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-78268-162-0
- 1-283-01931-0
- 9786613019318
- 0-8261-0676-5
- OCLC:
- 707068317
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