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Dementia Care
A Practical Manual
Jonathan Waite, Rowan Harwood, Ian Morton, and David Connelly
448 pages
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5 black and white line drawings,12 black and white half tones and a 4-page colour plate section
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180x100mm
978-0-19-922882-9
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Paperback
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09 October 2008
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- Appeals to all in the multi disciplinary team working with people with dementia
- Offers an holistic approach to dementia
- Follows the pathway of dementia, from the first presentation of the sufferer to health or social services, through to the final stages of the illness
- Contains practical guidance to health and social care workers is given at every stage with advice about where additional help may be sought
Dementia can be a distressing condition, for the sufferer, and for families and other carers. Management of dementia is never easy, and involves facing some unpleasant problems and difficult choices. The right approach and expertise can minimise the unpleasantness and make dementia manageable, while inexperienced or inexpert management has the potential to cause unnecessary distress and disability, mis-directed resources, frustrated care staff, unduly long periods spent in hospital and premature care home placement.
Dementia Care is a practical manual for
health and social care professionals in their encounters with people with dementia. It covers a wide range of information in a short, easily-accessible handbook format and broadly follows the journey of a person with dementia from first presentation to health or social services, through problems and their management, to the final stages of the illness. The book is rooted in the extensive experience of the authors in managing dementia in the community, in hospital and care homes and hopes to make the necessary expertise available and accessible in a form that will be useful to the whole range of medical, health and social care staff looking after people with dementia and their families.Readership: Trainee doctors in
psychiatry and medicine; members of Community Mental Health Teams for Elderly People; Health and social care professionals in multidisciplinary teams.
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Jonathan Waite, Consultant in the Psychiatry of Old Age, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, UK, Rowan Harwood, Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, Nottingham University Hospitals, UK, Ian Morton, Manager, Broxtowe Specialist Dementia Care Team, Nottingham, UK, and David Connelly, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Integrated Community Mental Health Team for Older People, Bramwell Centre, Nottingham, UK
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"...contains an impressive amount of knowledge...very practical with some fascinating bits and excellent tips from obviously experienced clinicians...recommended to all trainees in psychiatry, medicine and general practice...including my own!" - Dr David Anderson, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist "It is impressive that, despite its primary role as a reference work, the work can usefully and coherently be read from beginning to end." - International Psychogeriatrics
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1: What is dementia?
2: Assessment
3: Delirium
4: Care
5: Dementia in the community
6: Treatment
7: Care homes
8: Dementia and delirium in hospital
9: Physical problems in dementia
10: Palliative care
11: Legal aspects of dementia care
12: Making decisions
13: Measurement and rating scales
14: Issues with particular patient groups
15: Rarer forms of dementia
16: Biological aspects
17: Prevention
18: Outcome
Index
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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