Jessica Kingsley Publishers imprint: 1689 books
Inside Kinship Care
Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers.
This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care....
Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia
Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of...
Can I tell you about Dementia?
A guide for family, friends and carers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Meet Jack - an older man with dementia. Jack invites readers to learn about dementia from his perspective, helping them to understand the challenges faced by someone with dementia and the changes it causes to memory, communication and behaviour. He also gives advice on how to help someone with dementia...
by Garuth Chalfont
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. Design for Nature in Dementia Care provides comprehensive examples of ways to connect to nature through indoor and outdoor activities.
The author describes a wide range...
Playfulness and Dementia
A Practice Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Establishing playfulness as an essential component of dementia care, this positive and uplifting book will be key in changing attitudes and providing ideas for new and valuable ways of interacting and being with individuals with the condition.
John Killick explores the nature of playfulness...
Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia
A Guide for Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Drawing on the author's first-hand experiences with families, this book provides crucial, accessible information and answers the difficult questions that often arise when a family member with an intellectual disability is diagnosed with dementia.
Linking directly to policy and practice in both...
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia
How to Communicate without Speech
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them.
Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this...
Enhancing Health and Wellbeing in Dementia
A Person-Centred Integrated Care Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Every person living with dementia is entitled to the highest standards of wellbeing and health and social care services. This in-depth, evidence-based book identifies how outstanding quality integrated care might be achieved, whether in residential or home-based settings.
Experienced dementia...
Poetry and Dementia
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Poetry is an engaging and inclusive activity for older people that can help develop memory, imagination and identity. This book provides guidance on setting up and monitoring poetry projects for people living with dementia in group care homes and individual families. It explains the benefits of creative...
Understanding Behaviour in Dementia that Challenges, Second Edition
A Guide to Assessment and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field. This revised second edition guide to assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge associated with dementia includes these latest developments along with...
Are the Keys in the Freezer?
An Advocate's Guide for Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Are the Keys in the Freezer? is an artful blend of practical advice and the compelling story of a family's search for the right care for their mother with dementia.
This well-researched book is a must-read for families in the US looking for resources and ideas about care facilities, hospices,...
by Karrie Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?
Drawing on over ten years' experience of working with people with dementia, Karrie Marshall provides a toolkit of tried and tested creative...
Teaching Empathy and Conflict Resolution to People with Dementia
A Guide for Person-Centered Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
The way in which dementia is understood and treated is changing, with a growing focus on the individual's experience and person-centred approaches to care. Introducing a new model of dementia care that reflects on the role of a person with dementia within a community and their relationships, this...
Dementia Activist
Fighting for Our Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
What's happening to me?'
Successful translator and linguist Helga Rohra was understandably good with words - that is, until she found herself getting in a muddle when she spoke. She started to forget the way home, even though she could remember her address. Her confusing symptoms increased...