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Better Living With Dementia
Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies
Presents evidence-based strategies on improving the life of dementia patients at home, in the community, and in health care and service settings
Laura N.Gitlin (Author), Nancy A. Hodgson (Author)
9780128119280, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 6 June 2018
338 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.57 kg
Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies 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. The book 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.
Part 1: About the Person 1. How the Brain is Affected2. Lived Experiences of Individuals with Dementia3. Breaking the Cycle of Despair4. Making Life Better for Individuals Living with Dementia Part II: About Caregivers5. Family Member as Care Partner6. How We Can Support Families7. Formal caregivers: Role of the Inter-professional Team Part III: About Home and Community Environments8. The Physical Home Environment – A Neglected Therapeutic Context9. Living in the community Part IV: About Social Systems and Policy 10. Settings and Services of Care11. Global Efforts and National Plans12. Transforming Dementia care Part V: Taking Action13. Developing and Implementing an Action Plan14. Putting It All Together
Subject Areas: Mental health services [MBPK]
