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Practical dementia care / Peter V. Rabins, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Cynthia D. Steele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabins, Peter V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Patients--Care.
- Dementia.
- Mentally ill--Care.
- Mentally ill.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the care and management of patients with dementia from the time of diagnosis to the end of life. It is intended for the increasing number of physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and long-term care givers responsible for the care of individuals with dementia. For the Second Edition, the authors have added a chapter on mild cognitive impairment. The sections that received the most extensive revision or expansion include those on drug therapy; the pathophysiology of several causes of dementia; psychiatric symptoms of dementia and their treatment (especially drug treatment); and dementia in special environments (especially assisted living and nursing homes).
- Contents:
- Definitions and Overview of the Book
- The Evaluation and Formulation of Dementia
- Diseases Causing a Cortical Pattern of Dementia
- Diseases Typically Causing Subcortical or Mixed Pattern Dementias
- Overview of Dementia Care
- Supportive Care for the Patient with Dementia
- Supporting the Family and Care Provider
- Non-Cognitive Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders
- Non-Cognitive Functional Disorders and Disturbances in Sleeping, Eating, and Sexuality
- Pharmacologic and Other Biologic Treatments in Dementia
- Prevention, Early Detection and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Terminal Care
- Clinical Genetics and Dementia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029090-0
- 0-19-932311-9
- 1-283-09822-9
- 9786613098221
- 0-19-983790-2
- OCLC:
- 707067813
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