Gerontology category: 668 books
by Sue Barker, Mrs Michele Board
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Dementia care presents a huge challenge to health and social care both now and in the future. The number of those in the UK with dementia is expected to increase to 1.4 million in the next 30 years. Regardless of the field of nursing, all nurses need to understand the experiences of a person with...
by Danny Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines.
Packed with photocopiable training exercises, discussion...
by Vicki Dent
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
If you have responsibility for providing activities for older adults and you aren't sure whether what you are providing is effective, or you have exhausted all your own activity ideas then this book is for you. This clear and easy-to-use resource provides the tools you require to develop and implement...
Living Better with Dementia
Good Practice and Innovation for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
What do national dementia strategies, constantly evolving policy and ongoing funding difficulties mean for people living well with dementia?
Adopting a broad and inclusive approach, Shibley Rahman presents a thorough critical analysis of existing dementia policy, and tackles head-on current...
End of Life Care for People with Dementia
A Person-Centred Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
People with dementia need increasingly specialised support as they approach the end of life, and so too do their families and the professionals working with them. This book describes not only what can be done to ensure maximum quality of life for those in the final stages of the illness, but also...
Person-Centred Thinking with Older People
6 Essential Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community. Drawing on a wealth of experience of working with older people, the authors present the 6 essential person-centred practices.
Each...
Life Story Work with People with Dementia
Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary People
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Introducing life story work, a way for people with dementia to connect with their relatives, carers and the professionals working with them. This evidence-based book explains the many benefits of life story work, with practical guidance for introducing it in a variety of settings.
The authors...
by Elizabeth MacKinlay
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Explore pastoral strategies for dealing with mental health problems!
Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in later life. This valuable book will help you examine this dimension of aging in the context of pastoral, spiritual, and cultural issues. It explores the...
by Elizabeth MacKinlay
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2006
Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life explores the spiritual dimension of ageing and investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues.
Focusing on the experience of nursing home residents and anecdotes gathered in interviews,...
How We Think About Dementia
Personhood, Rights, Ethics, the Arts and What They Mean for Care
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those in the caring professions to understand and engage with the thoughts and arguments underpinning the experience of dementia and dementia care.
Dementia...
Nursing Older People
Issues and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
This edition captures the underlying new approach in patient centred care and thinking from a multidisciplinary perspective. It highlights the most recent ideas and experiences of policy analysts, nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and the consumer experience from both Australia and Internationally....
Aging in Rural Places
Programs, Policies, and Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Research documents that rural elders are poorer, live in less adequate housing, and have far fewer health and service options available to them than their urban counterparts, yet there is a critical lack of current and detailed information on the problems facing rural elders and on the professional...
Local Knowledge
Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume...
Feminism & Autobiography
Texts, Theories, Methods
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Featuring essays by leading feminist scholars from a variety of disciplines, this key text explores the latest developments in autobiographical studies.
The collection is structured around the inter-linked concepts of genre, inter-subjectivity and memory. Whilst exemplifying the very different...