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Reflecting On and Developing Your Practice
A Workbook for Social Care Workers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Working in residential or domiciliary settings involves a continuing process of learning. Every day, social care workers face challenges that force them to think about what they do and how they do it – whether it be an ethical dilemma, the introduction of a new policy or procedure or training on...
by Loren Shook Stephen Winner
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
Loren Shook believed people with Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments could contribute to the world and relish life -- if they were offered a revolutionary new kind of care. He discovered a kindred spirit in Steve Winner. The Silverado Story is a moving account of how these Alzheimer’s futurists...
Dementia and Memory
A Handbook for Students and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Dementia and related diseases are likely to affect at least four in every hundred 75-79 year olds in the developed world over the coming years. Faced with an expanding older population, it is crucial that we develop our understanding of how to treat people suffering from such conditions. This accessible...
Harmony at Sundown
A Caregiver's Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The bonds we forge in life can sometimes surprise us. The closeness which can develop between two people who, on the surface, appear too different or too distant can turn into something which defines us as a human being. Such is the relationship between Dodi and her daughter-in-law, Eva. From different...
Writing Life Histories
A Guide for Use in Caring Environments
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
"Writing Life Histories" is a practical handbook which gives clear guidance on how to put together life histories in supportive or residential settings. It provides: step-by-step guidance; ideas for different types of life histories; activities, strategies and material for prompting memories;...
Being the Grown-Up
Taking Care of Someone with a Terminal Illness
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Being a caregiver is challenging, whether you’re caring for a friend, partner, spouse, child or parent. When you’re called upon to make choices about life and death, you want to know that you’re making the best possible decisions for the person. The lessons in this book are drawn from real life....
by Jo Dereske
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
From Jo Dereske, author of the bestselling Miss Zukas mystery series, a memoir of Alzheimer's. One year spent in rural Michigan caring for Louise and Mike, an aunt and uncle who both had dementia. Surrounded by nature, fight the inevitable. A year of challenge, sorry, joy, and enduring...
Yes! It Really Is All About Me
The Journey of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Yes, It Really Is All about Me will make an impact on the lives of caregivers. It offers a perspective on nurturing the self. It will be a motivation to know how to answer the question of 'who am I? All of us are caregivers at some point in our lives and we need to feel loved and appreciated in service...
by Donna Sprague
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2015
Your Granny's Nurse: Caring for the Elderly with Compassion is your guide to caring for your aging loved one at home, and assist in the choosing of a care facility when it becomes a necessity. This book will gently walk you through the process of home care, nursing home admission, hospice care,...
Ageing, insight and wisdom
Meaning and practice across the lifecourse
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
This book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the evolving values, priorities and ways of communicating that make later life fascinating. It explores what creating ‘meaning’ in later life really implies, for older people themselves, for how to conceptualise older...
by Jen Leinweber
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
I started my caregiving journey twelve years ago when my dad was diagnosed with dementia. During these years I've learned a lot about dementia and how to provide care for dementia patients.Working through this book I've done my best to provide helpful information about how to best...
by Gabriella Lo Cascio
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Questo libro vuol essere un aiuto per chi intraprende la professione di musicoterapista, ma anche per tutte le altre figure professionali che operano nella cura delle persone.
contenuto è il più pratico possibile, nel tentativo di rispondere alle domande che di solito vengono fatte, come: che cos'è...
La cura è relazione
Storie di assistenza domiciliare
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Le società moderne sembrano raccontarci un presente perpetuo, privo di legami con il passato, con la genesi stessa della natura umana. Poi, d'improvviso, la vita pone spalle al muro: una malattia, un padre o una madre cronici a casa, una patologia neurodegenerativa. In quel momento si diventa «utenti»,...
Eine Polin für Oma
Der Pflege-Notstand in unseren Familien
Language: German
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Immer mehr Angehörige wissen sich nicht anders zu helfen und heuern für ihre alten Eltern eine Pflegekraft aus Osteuropa an. Die Pflegekräfte arbeiten rund um die Uhr, sieben Tage die Woche, für etwa 1000 Euro im Monat. Mehr als 200 000 Pflegebedürftige werden so bereits betreut, Tendenz steigend....