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Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia : guidelines and standards for evidence-based care / / [edited by] Gary A. Martin, Marwan N. Sabbagh



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Titolo: Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia : guidelines and standards for evidence-based care / / [edited by] Gary A. Martin, Marwan N. Sabbagh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
Disciplina: 618.97/6831029
618.976831
Soggetto topico: Presenile dementia - Patients - Care
Alzheimer's disease - Patients - Care
Presenile dementia - Palliative treatment
Alzheimer's disease - Palliative treatment
Palliative treatment - Standards
Evidence-based medicine
Altri autori: MartinGary A  
SabbaghMarwan Noel  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Determining and defining advanced dementia -- The continuum of care -- Caregiving -- Personhood -- Creating the optimal milieu for care -- Managing behavior problems associated with advanced dementia -- Assessing and addressing pain -- Ensuring the appropriate use of medications in advanced dementia -- Eating and nutrition -- Dressing and grooming -- Bowel and bladder management -- Ambulation and mobility -- Bathing -- Activities programming -- Cultural diversity -- Healthcare decisions for advanced dementia -- The continuum of grief -- Establishing healthcare-related legal options for the vulnerable patient.
Sommario/riassunto: Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2010!. ""This book...provides important information on best practices and appropriate ways to care for a person with Alzheimer's and advanced dementia. Drs. Martin and Sabbagh have assembled a team of experts to help craft recommendations that should ultimately become standards that all professional caregivers adopt."" -Michael Reagan. Son of former President Ronald Reagan. President, Reagan Legacy Foundation. This book testifies that caregivers can have a monumental impact on the lives of persons with advanced dementia. Through specialized programmi
Titolo autorizzato: Palliative care for advanced Alzheimer's and dementia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78268-162-0
1-283-01931-0
9786613019318
0-8261-0676-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811427303321
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