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Remembering yesterday, caring today : reminiscence in dementia care : a guide to good practice / Pam Schweitzer and Errollyn Bruce ; foreword by Faith Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schweitzer, Pam.
- Series:
- Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides.
- Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reminiscing in old age--Therapeutic use.
- Reminiscing in old age.
- Dementia--Patients--Care--Psychological aspects.
- Dementia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reminiscence is a vital way to stimulate communication and promote confidence and self-worth in people with dementia. This practical guide is designed to give those who care for people with dementia a clear sense of how reminiscence can be used to greatly improve their quality of life. The book explores how reminiscence can contribute to person-centred dementia care and contains detailed descriptions of activities that can be used in a group setting, for one-to-one reminiscence at home or in a variety of care settings. Based on ideas developed and tested internationally over a period of ten ye
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today; Reminiscence in Dementia Care A Guide to Good Practice; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Dementia and Reminiscence: Current Thinking; Chapter 2 Reminiscence in Dementia Care; Chapter 3 Reminiscence Skills and Methods; Chapter 4 Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today: A Programme and an Approach; Chapter 5 Organising a Reminiscence Project; Chapter 6 Training for the Project Team and Family Carers; Chapter 7 Reminiscence Sessions Retracing the Life Course; Final Commentsand Future Hopes; Appendix: Useful Documents; References
- Subject IndexAuthor Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611782337
- 9781281782335
- 1281782335
- 9781846428043
- 1846428041
- OCLC:
- 476168911
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