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  • Older People - E-Book

    Issues and Innovations in Care

    by Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Rhonda Nay, Sally Garratt ...
    Now in its fourth edition trusted textbook Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care provides a unique collection of conversations and commentaries by leading international and local experts on a range of contemporary issues around the care of older people. Featuring six new chapters, current research and policy changes, the esteemed author team continue to highlight the importance of ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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    On Caring for the Elderly

    by Karen Hitchcock ...
    Series Book 57 - Quarterly Essay
    In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions, frailty and dementia, over-treatment and escalating costs.Ours is a society in which ageism, often disguised, threatens to turn the elderly into a “burden” – ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Who will I be when I die?

    by Christine Bryden ...
    Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • The Simplicity of Dementia

    A Guide for Family and Carers

    by Huub Buijssen ...
    This book offers an accessible and sympathetic introduction for relatives, carers and professionals looking after or training to work with people with dementia. Drawing on the two `laws of dementia', the author explains the causes of communication problems, mood disturbances and `deviant' behaviours, with particular emphasis on how these are experienced by dementia sufferers themselves. Case ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Fast Facts for the Gerontology Nurse

    A Nursing Care Guide in a Nutshell

    by Charlotte Eliopoulos, MPH, PhD, RN ...
    Series series Fast Facts
    This convenient and easy-to-use pocket-sized reference provides gerontology nurses with the foundational knowledge they need to provide all aspects of safe, effective care to older patients. It contains crucial evidence-based information that enables nurses to differentiate between normal and abnormal findings, understand the presentation and management of common diseases of the gerontological ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Activities for Older People in Care Homes

    A Handbook for Successful Activity Planning

    by Sarah Crockett ...
    When tasked with providing activities for older people in care homes, it can be difficult to know where to begin. What constitutes an activity? How can you make sure activities are as positive and person-centred as possible? What can you actually do? Written by an experienced activity coordinator, this handbook is an indispensable companion for others in this role. The author provides useful ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Aging Our Way

    Lessons for Living from 85 and Beyond

    by Meika Loe ...
    In 1998, Hallmark unveiled their new "One-Hundredth-Birthday" cards, and by 2007 annual sales were at 85,000. America is rapidly graying: between now and 2030, the number of people in the U.S. over the age of 80 is expected to almost triple. But how long people live raises the question of how well they live. Aging Our Way follows the everyday lives of 30 elders (ages 85-102) living at home and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Connecting through Music with People with Dementia

    A Guide for Caregivers

    by Robin Rio ...
    For people with dementia, the world can become a lonely and isolated place. Music has long been a vital instrument in transcending cognitive issues; bringing people together, and allowing a person to live in the moment. Connecting through Music with People with Dementia explains how a caregiver can learn to use melody or rhythm to connect with someone who may be otherwise non-responsive, and how ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

    by Pete Calveley, Sue Goldsmith, Caroline Baker, Jason Corrigan-Charlesworth ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care. Trialled extensively by one of the UK's largest care providers, it has been proven to dramatically increase the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, significantly ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • How We Think About Dementia

    Personhood, Rights, Ethics, the Arts and What They Mean for Care

    by Julian C. Hughes ...
    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 is associated with ageing: what is the significance of this? People speak about person-centred care, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care

    A Multi-National Perspective

    by James W Ellor ...
    How can you foster spiritual growth in older people?This multidisciplinary work re-examines issues of aging with dignity and spiritual meaning. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective brings together chaplains, pastors, counselors, and health care practitioners in all walks of gerontology from around the world to present a fully rounded picture of the spiritual needs ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia

    Care-based Therapy

    by Chris Bonner ...
    In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias... I highly recommend that everyone who encounters persons with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, routinely or occasionally, read through this manual. Even for seasoned professionals or family ... Read more

    $27.09 USD