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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817053103321

Autore

Schweitzer Pam

Titolo

Remembering yesterday, caring today : reminiscence in dementia care : a guide to good practice / / Pam Schweitzer and Errollyn Bruce ; foreword by Faith Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78233-5

9786611782337

1-84642-804-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides

Altri autori (Persone)

BruceErrollyn

Disciplina

362.19683

616.83

Soggetti

Reminiscing in old age - Therapeutic use

Dementia - Patients - Care - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today;  Reminiscence in Dementia Care A Guide to Good Practice; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Dementia and Reminiscence: Current Thinking; Chapter 2 Reminiscence in Dementia Care; Chapter 3 Reminiscence Skills and Methods; Chapter 4 Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today: A Programme and an Approach; Chapter 5 Organising a Reminiscence Project; Chapter 6 Training for the Project Team and Family Carers; Chapter 7 Reminiscence Sessions Retracing the Life Course; Final Commentsand Future Hopes; Appendix: Useful Documents; References

Subject IndexAuthor Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Reminiscence is a vital way to stimulate communication and promote confidence and self-worth in people with dementia. This practical guide is designed to give those who care for people with dementia a clear sense of how reminiscence can be used to greatly improve their quality of life. The book explores how reminiscence can contribute to person-centred dementia care and contains detailed descriptions of activities that can be used in a group setting, for one-to-one reminiscence at



home or in a variety of care settings. Based on ideas developed and tested internationally over a period of ten ye