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Thoughtful dementia care : understanding the dementia experience / Jennifer Ghent-Fuller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [Charleston, S.C.] : CreateSpace, [2012]Description: vi, 173 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1480007579
  • 9781480007574
Other title:
  • Understanding the dementia experience
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.831 GHE 2012
LOC classification:
  • RC521 .G54 2012
Contents:
Summary: 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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Book Fort Scott Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Fort Scott Public Library Adult Books 616.8 Ghen (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35326000396075
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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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