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Dementia - Support for Family and Friends, Second Edition
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781784508111
Umbreit-Nr.: 2164987
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 304 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 21.11.2019
Auflage: 1/2019
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition. This updated edition reflects new guidance on approaches to supporting people with dementia, focussing especially on the UK, and includes quotes from people with dementia as well as from family carers.<br><br>The book explores each stage of the journey people with dementia face and explains how it affects the person, as well as those around them both at home and in residential settings. It shows how best to offer support and where to get professional and informal assistance. Focussing on the progressive nature of dementia and the issues that can arise as a result, it gives practical advice that can help to ensure the best possible quality of life both for the person with dementia and the people around them.</p>
- Kurztext
- An updated edition of this supportive guide to dementia care, this book is ideal for anyone with a friend or relative with dementia. It covers the latest developments in terms of policy, debates and approaches to care, has more detailed reference to UK government guidance, and features the voices of people with dementia.
- Autorenportrait
- <p>Dave Pulsford was formerly Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, and is now retired.<br>Rachel Thompson is Admiral Nurse Professional& Practice Development Lead for Dementia UK in London, UK.</p>