Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia [[electronic resource] ] : care-based therapy / / Chris Bonner

• Autore: Bonner Chris <1944->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
• Edizione: 1st American pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (94 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/3
• Soggetto topico: Dementia - Patients - Care; Dementia - Patients - Psychology; Dementia - Patients - Institutional care; Stress in old age
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stress factors -- Results of stress -- Preventing/minimizing stress -- Find out as much as you can about the person -- Apply appropriate practices to minimize stress -- Addressing stress-related responses -- Hostile verbal and physical responses -- Verbally agitated behaviours -- Wandering -- Intrusiveness, rummaging or picking behaviour -- Managing feeding problems -- Managing inappropriate sexual activity -- Managing sleep disturbance -- Factors affecting sleep in elderly people with dementia -- Interventions to improve sleep -- Importance of teamwork, training and support.
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical book provides simple ways to reduce stress-related behaviours in people with dementia. The author suggests strategies for managing problems with feeding, bathing, toileting and sleep, looks at how to understand and cope with wandering, agitation and inappropriate sexual activity, and discusses ways of defusing aggressive behaviour.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia
• ISBN: 1-280-34948-4; 9786610349487; 1-84642-141-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783427803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II