Younger people with dementia : planning, practice, and development / edited by Sylvia Cox and John Keady ; foreword by Mary Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Sylvia.

Keady, John, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Services for.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book to address the subject in its own right, this book targets good practice and stimulates an agenda for change. The contributors explore the implications for younger people with dementia and their families at personal and service-development levels. They call for a multi-disciplinary approach to all stages of the provision of services.

Contents:

COVER

Younger People with Dementia: Planning, Practice and Development

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Foreword

Introduction

PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENCE

1. Assessment and Service Responses for Younger People with Dementia: A Medical Overview

2. Epidemiological Issues and Younger People with Dementia

3. Needs Assessment: Individual and Strategic Care Planning

4. Opportunities and Threats: Multiagency Perspectives and Person-Centred Planning

PART TWO: SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS

5. HIV-Related Brain Impairment

6. Huntington's Disease

7. Learning Disabilities and Dementia

8. Alcohol-Related Brain Impairment

PART THREE: DEVELOPING AN INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDING

9. 'Dark Head Amongst the Grey': Experiencing the Worlds of Younger Persons with Dementia

10. Negotiating Caregiving and Employment

11. Young Carers: Individual Circumstances and Practice Consideration in Dementia Caregiving

12. Family Caregiving and Younger People with Dementia: Dynamics, Experiences and Service Expectations

13. Designing for the Needs of Younger People with Dementia

PART FOUR: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS

14. Younger People with Dementia: Psychosocial Interventions

15. Support Groups for People with Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease

16. Training and Younger People with Dementia: A Shared Learning Perspective

17. Changing the Mind-Set: Developing an Agenda for Change

THE CONTRIBUTORS

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

AUTHOR INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references (p. 307-319) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610308279

9781280308277

1280308273

9781846421556

1846421551

9780585123585

0585123586

OCLC:

44965134