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Dementia care : a practical photographic guide / / James Grealy, Helen McMullen, Julia Grealy



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Autore: Grealy James Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dementia care : a practical photographic guide / / James Grealy, Helen McMullen, Julia Grealy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2005
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
Disciplina: 616.8/3
Soggetto topico: Dementia - Patients - Care
Dementia - Nursing
Altri autori: McMullenHelen  
GrealyJulia  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxii) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Disclaimer; Foreword; Acknowledgements and Expert Review; Purpose of Book; Meet the Characters; Introduction; Care for older people; Ageing population; Dementia; Stages of dementia; Prevalence of dementia; Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; Overview of the resistance to care project; Resistance to care defined; Resistance to care research outcome; Resistance to care and risk of care staff injury; References; 1 The Person; Ageing; Movement; Visual field/spatial perception; Reflexes; Profiling the person; Restraint; Continence guidelines; 2 The Care Staff
Model of careContextual interaction; Communication; Behavioural reporting; Lifestyle activities; References; References; 3 The Environment; Physical and temporal environments; Environmental requirements; General considerations; Bathroom - toilet; Orientation to own room; Orientation within own room; Orientation to dining room; Orientation to kitchen; Orientation to lounge room; Entrances and exits from building; Internal doors - special care unit,,utility and service doors; Corridors; Outdoor areas; Environment to promote interaction; Environment and walkers; Environment and confinement
References4 The Interaction; Repositioning in bed; Transfer from lying to sitting no.1; Transfer from lying to sitting no.2; Mechanical hoist; Stand transfer; Correcting sitting posture; Wheelchair mobilising; Continence pad change - standing; Continence pad change in bed no.1; Continence pad change in bed no.2; Toileting; Showering; Dressing; Putting shoes on; Assisting to eat; Eating; Sundowning; Catastrophic reaction; Wandering; Hitting - standing; Hitting - squatting; Throwing; Appendix 1; Behavioural reporting; Appendix 2; Physical and temporal environmental audit; Appendix 3
Questions and answersModule 1:Introduction; Module 2:The Person; Module 3:The Care Staff; Module 4:The Environment; Module 5:The Interaction; Glossary; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Dementia care: a practical photographic guide is a unique illustrated guide to caring for people with dementia in care homes. It presents practical prevention and management techniques for resistance to care in common activities of daily living, explores cognitive loss, physical loss and sensory loss in dementia, and examines means of improving communication with those with dementia to enhance their understanding of their environment and improve their compliance in care.
Titolo autorizzato: Dementia care  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-31934-1
9786611319342
0-470-76330-2
0-470-77510-6
0-470-77759-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825726303321
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