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Living with dementia : a practical guide for families and personal carers / edited by Esther Chang and Amanda Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Patients--Home care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Dementia.
- Caregivers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Caregivers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 217 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Camberwell, Victoria : ACER Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A sensitive, direct and highly accessible insight into the complexities and challenges that a diagnosis of dementia presents. Contributors represent academics, practicing nurses, aged care professionals and family advocates.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO CARE: ACTIVITIES FOR DAILY LIVING
- ch. 1 Sensory functions
- ch. 2 Personal hygiene and grooming
- ch. 3 Eating and swallowing
- ch. 4 Promoting sleep
- ch. 5 Managing continence
- ch. 6 Managing constipation
- ch. 7 Behavioural challenges
- ch. 8 Pain
- ch. 9 Medications
- ch. 10 Complementary therapies
- ch. 11 Mental stimulation
- ch. 12 Spirituality
- pt. 2 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO COMMUNICATE: END OF LIFE AND SELF-CARE
- ch. 13 Understanding how to communicate
- ch. 14 Understanding how to care for the dying
- ch. 15 The experience of caring.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74286-331-0
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