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Better living with dementia : implications for individuals, families, communities, and societies / Laura N. Gitlin, Nancy A. Hodgson.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2018]Description: l, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780128119280
  • 0128119284
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 616.8/31 23
LOC classification:
  • RC521 .G577 2018
NLM classification:
  • 2018 G-954
  • WT 155
Contents:
Part I. About the person living with dementia : -- 1. How the brain is affected -- 2. Lived experiences of individuals with dementia -- 3. Breaking the cycle of despair -- 4. Making life better for individuals living with dementia -- Part II. About the caregiver : -- 5. Family member as care partner -- 6. How we can support families -- 7. Formal caregivers: Role of the interprofessional team -- Part III. About living environments : -- 8. The physical home environment: a neglected therapeutic context -- 9. Living in the community -- Part IV. About social systems and policies : -- 10. Services and setting of care -- 11. Global efforts and national plans -- 12. Transforming dementia care -- Part V. Taking action : -- 13. Developing and implementing an action plan -- 14. Putting it all together: Synthesis and future directions.
Summary: This book highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. It also examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work. -- Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. About the person living with dementia : -- 1. How the brain is affected -- 2. Lived experiences of individuals with dementia -- 3. Breaking the cycle of despair -- 4. Making life better for individuals living with dementia -- Part II. About the caregiver : -- 5. Family member as care partner -- 6. How we can support families -- 7. Formal caregivers: Role of the interprofessional team -- Part III. About living environments : -- 8. The physical home environment: a neglected therapeutic context -- 9. Living in the community -- Part IV. About social systems and policies : -- 10. Services and setting of care -- 11. Global efforts and national plans -- 12. Transforming dementia care -- Part V. Taking action : -- 13. Developing and implementing an action plan -- 14. Putting it all together: Synthesis and future directions.

This book highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. It also examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work. -- Publisher description