Wellbeing in dementia : an occupational approach for therapists and carers / Tessa Perrin, Hazel May, Elizabeth Anderson.
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TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, c2008Edition: 2nd editionDescription: x, 166 p. : ill. (some col.)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780702037030 (ebook)Subject(s): Senile dementia -- Treatment | Occupational therapy for the aged | Health and Wellbeing | Clinical & internal medicine | Alzheimer's & dementia | Geriatric medicine | Nursing | Occupational therapyGenre/Form: Online access: click to view 200 credits Also available in printed form ISBN 9780443103995Summary: Whilst dementia is taught on courses, the nature of the condition is unlike any others. This practical textbook presents a developmental model of practice for the care of patients suffering from dementia and examines the inadequacies of OT. The book is written for therapists and carers of older people and people with dementia. It proposes a model of practice for those who are charged with a duty to provide a quality lifestyle to those who have dementia, that is, the very large number of professional and family carers who manage the care of our ageing poulation. No other such model exists and there is no other book of its kind on the market.Proposes a realistic model of practice for dementia care which centres on the unique occupational potential of the person with dementia.Offers positive strategies to improve wellbeing.Current information on assessment tools.Written by therapists with extensive experience in working with this client group.
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Previous ed.: published as by Tessa Perrin, Hazel May. 2000.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Whilst dementia is taught on courses, the nature of the condition is unlike any others. This practical textbook presents a developmental model of practice for the care of patients suffering from dementia and examines the inadequacies of OT. The book is written for therapists and carers of older people and people with dementia. It proposes a model of practice for those who are charged with a duty to provide a quality lifestyle to those who have dementia, that is, the very large number of professional and family carers who manage the care of our ageing poulation. No other such model exists and there is no other book of its kind on the market.Proposes a realistic model of practice for dementia care which centres on the unique occupational potential of the person with dementia.Offers positive strategies to improve wellbeing.Current information on assessment tools.Written by therapists with extensive experience in working with this client group.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780443103995
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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