Living with dementia
Subtitle: a practical guide for families and personal carers
By: edited by Esther Chang and Amanda Johnson
Publisher: ACER Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781742860442
Subjects: Dementia; Handbooks, manuals; Patients; Home care; Caregivers; Nursing; Patient Care; Organization & administration
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO CARE: ACTIVITIES FOR DAILY LIVING; title: ch. 1 Sensory functions; title: ch. 2 Personal hygiene and grooming; title: ch. 3 Eating and swallowing; title: ch. 4 Promoting sleep; title: ch. 5 Managing continence; title: ch. 6 Managing constipation; title: ch. 7 Behavioural challenges; title: ch. 8 Pain; title: ch. 9 Medications; title: ch. 10 Complementary therapies; title: ch. 11 Mental stimulation; title: ch. 12 Spirituality; title: pt. 2 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO COMMUNICATE: END OF LIFE AND SELF-CARE; title: ch. 13 Understanding how to communicate; title: ch. 14 Understanding how to care for the dying; title: ch. 15 The experience of caring.