Textbook of Dementia Care : An Integrated Approach / edited by Graham A. Jackson and Debbie Tolson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Graham A., editor.

Tolson, D. (Debbie), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Textbook of Dementia Care: An Integrated Approach gives an overview of dementia care at a level appropriate to health and social care students, as well as providing an update to experienced practitioners. Authors come from a variety of backgrounds including nursing, psychiatry, medicine, psychology and allied health professions. There is a good mix of content from experienced new authors, academics and practitioners. The book offers: acomprehensive list of contributors from different disciplines input from people living with dementia and their family carers relevant research to inform practice case examples to illustrate and inform the text. While directed primarily at a nursing and social care readership, the book also provides a readable general text appropriate for all involved in dementia care. It is written by expert practitioners in the field, many of whom are leaders in practice-based research. It incorporates the expertise of representatives of Alzheimer Scotland, but also includes accounts of people living with dementia, families, and carers, giving the reader a unique insight into the disease.

Contents:

Policy perspectives / Debbie Tolson, Graham Jackson & Lindsay Kinnaird

Values in dementia care / Tony Ryan & Mike Nolan

Early diagnosis / Stephen Lithgow

Dementia in modern society / Karen Watchman

Models of dementia : social versus medical / Graham Jackson

Dementia and the family : motivations for caring / Janice MacAlister & a Carer

Dementia and the community / Sandra Shafii & Arlene Crockett

Why and how do people with dementia go into care? / Angela Kydd

The care environment and dementia, including transitions into care / Mary Marshall

Dementia and physical health / Graham Ellis & Trudi Marshall

Hospital care of people with dementia / Amanda Johnston

Dementia as a terminal illness / Jenny Henderson & Barbara Sharp

Legal and ethical issues in dementia care / Donny Lyons

Education, training and dementia / Anna Waugh

The impact of symptoms of later life and dementia TBC

Interventions in dementia care / Debbie Tolson

Psychiatric symptoms of dementia / Graham Jackson

Medication and dementia / Graham Jackson

Delirium and dementia / Rekha Hegde

The younger person with dementia / Graham Jackson & Louise Ritchie

Learning disability and dementia / Karen Watchman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-38984-3

1-315-38982-7

1-315-38983-5

9781315389844

OCLC:

1090813258