Thoughtful dementia care : understanding the dementia experience / Jennifer Ghent-Fuller.
Material type: TextPublisher: [Charleston, S.C.] : CreateSpace, [2012]Description: vi, 173 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1480007579
- 9781480007574
- Understanding the dementia experience
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships
- Dementia -- Patients -- Care
- Dementia -- Treatment
- Caregivers -- Psychology
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships
- Caregivers -- Psychology
- Dementia -- Patients -- Care
- Dementia -- Treatment
- 616.831 GHE 2012
- RC521Â .G54 2012
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Book | Fort Scott Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Fort Scott Public Library | Adult Books | 616.8 Ghen (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35326000396075 | ||
Book | Sedan Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Sedan Public Library | Adult Books | NF 616.8 Ghent (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34313000276128 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-172).
Introduction -- Memory processes -- Other cognitive changes -- Losing the functions of everyday life -- Losing the ability for self-care -- Staying active -- Stages -- The challenge of dementia.
Ghent-Fuller offers insights into emotional reactions and practical suggestions based on deep understanding of the way people with dementia view many situations. She explains the loss of various types of memory and other thinking processes, and describes how these losses affect the day to day life of people with dementia, their understanding of the world around them and their personal situations.
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