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Creative care : a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care / Anne Basting.
Holman Biotech Commons RC521 .B3755 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Basting, Anne Davis, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Treatment.
- Dementia.
- Dementia--Patients--Care.
- Older people--Mental health services.
- Older people.
- Memory disorders in old age.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 280 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First HarperCollins paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : HarperOne, 2021.
- Summary:
- Today's elderly--especially those experiencing dementia and Alzheimer's--are often isolated in nursing homes or segregated in elder care facilities, making the final years of life feel lonely and devoid of meaning. To alleviate elders' sense of aloneness, Dr. Anne Basting has developed a radical approach that combines theater and improvisation methods with medically supported therapies to help them get in touch with their own creativity and become more engaged with their families and communities. Basting has developed creative techniques, rooted in twenty-five years of research, that draw on core exercises from theater. This approach fosters storytelling and active listening, allowing elders to freely share ideas and stories without worrying about getting the details absolutely "correct." Basting's years of research have shown that these practices stimulate the brain and awaken the imagination to add wonder and awe to patients' daily lives--and provide them a means of connection.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Finding Creative Care
- ch. 1 In Which Ruth Teaches Me What Joy Looks Like
- ch. 2 The Upside of Having No Friends
- pt. TWO Defining Creative Care
- ch. 3 When Opposites Come Together
- ch. 4 "Yes, and ..."
- ch. 5 Beautiful Questions
- ch. 6 Proof of Listening
- ch. 7 Connecting to the Larger World
- ch. 8 Opening Yourself to Wonder
- ch. 9 All of the Above-Cultivating Awe in Our Lives
- pt. THREE Changing Care Through Creativity
- ch. 10 Penelope, the Hero Who Never Left Home
- ch. 11 From Islands to Archipelagos
- ch. 12 Bill Teaches Me about Time (and Rocks)
- ch. 13 Let Voices Ring
- ch. 14 "Wait, You Live Here?"
- ch. 15 "I'm Worth Stopping For"
- ch. 16 Wendy's Neverland, or Can Creative Care Be Scaled?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0062906186
- 9780062906182
- OCLC:
- 1191713568
- Publisher Number:
- 99989255094
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