Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia
Subtitle: care-based therapy
By: Chris Bonner.
Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; Jessica Kingsley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781843103493
Subjects: Dementia -- Patients -- Care.; Dementia -- Patients -- Psychology.; Dementia -- Patients -- Institutional care.; Stress in old age.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stress factors; title: Results of stress; title: Preventing/minimizing stress; title: Find out as much as you can about the person; title: Apply appropriate practices to minimize stress; title: Addressing stress-related responses; title: Hostile verbal and physical responses; title: Verbally agitated behaviours; title: Wandering; title: Intrusiveness, rummaging or picking behaviour; title: Managing feeding problems; title: Managing inappropriate sexual activity; title: Managing sleep disturbance; title: Factors affecting sleep in elderly people with dementia; title: Interventions to improve sleep; title: Importance of teamwork, training and support.