Excellence in dementia care : research into practice / edited by Murna Downs and Barbara Bowers.

CW717, CW758, CW768

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[PART 1: Principles and perspectives] Prevalence and projections of dementia -- Toward understanding subjective experiences of dementia -- Ethnicity and the experience of dementia -- A bio-psycho-social approach to dementia -- Flexibility and change: The fundamentals for families coping with dementia -- Towards a person-centred ethic in dementia care: Doing right or being good? -- Being minded in dementia: Persons and human beings.

[PART 2: Knowledge and skills for supporting people with dementia] Assessment and dementia -- Supporting cognitive abilities -- Working with life history -- The language of behaviour -- Communication and relationships: an inclusive social world -- Supporting health and physical well-being -- Understanding and alleviating emotional distress.

[PART 3: Journeys through dementia care] Diagnosis and early support -- Living at home -- Care of people with dementia in the general hospital -- The role of specialist housing in supporting people with dementia -- Care homes -- End of life care -- Grief and bereavement.

[PART 4: Embedding excellence in dementia care] Involving people with dementia in service development and evaluation -- A trained and supported workforce -- Attending to relationships in dementia care -- Leadership in dementia care -- Quality: the perspective of the person with dementia -- Reframing dementia: The policy implications of changing concepts -- The history and impact of dementia care policy.

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