Wellbeing in dementia
Subtitle: an occupational approach for therapists and carers
By: Tessa Perrin, Hazel May, Elizabeth Anderson
Contributors: May, Hazel; Anderson, Elizabeth D. Phil
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier; Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780443103995
Subjects: Methods; Occupational therapy for older people; Ergothérapie pour personnes âgées; Occupational Therapy; Patient Care; Treatment; Traitement; Dementia; Rehabilitation; Senile dementia; Démence sénile
Description: Whilst dementia is taught on courses, the nature of the condition is unlike any others. This practical textbook presents a developmental model of practice for the care of patients suffering from dementia and examines the inadequacies of OT.
Notes: Previous ed.: published as by Tessa Perrin, Hazel May. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding dementia; title: Occupational therapy revisited; title: The altered world of dementia; title: The significance of the carer; title: The playful practitioner; title: Principles of good practice in dementia care; title: Non-verbal communication: the currency of wellbeing; title: A model for dementia care; title: Assessing capacity for doing and promoting engagement; title: The dementia therapist : a good enough mother?