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Living Well with Dementia
The Importance of the Person and the Environment for Wellbeing
- 336 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Living Well with Dementia
The Importance of the Person and the Environment for Wellbeing
About this book
This unique guide provides a much needed overview of dementia care. With a strong focus on the importance of patients and families, it explores the multifaceted meaning behind patient wellbeing and its vital significance in the context of national policy.Adopting a positive, evidence-based approach, the book dispels the bleak outlook on dementia ma
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Yes, you can access Living Well with Dementia by Shibley Rahman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Geriatrics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Professor John R Hodges
- Foreword by Sally-Ann Marciano
- Foreword by Professor Facundo Manes
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is ‘living well’?
- 3 Measuring living well with dementia
- 4 Socio-economic arguments for promoting living well with dementia
- 5 A public health perspective on living well with dementia, and the debate over screening
- 6 The relevance of the person for living well with dementia
- 7 Leisure activities and living well with dementia
- 8 Maintaining wellbeing in end-of-life care for living well with dementia
- 9 Living well with specific types of dementia: a cognitive neurology perspective
- 10 General activities that encourage wellbeing
- 11 Decision-making, capacity and advocacy in living well with dementia
- 12 Communication and living well with dementia
- 13 Home and ward design to promote living well with dementia
- 14 Assistive technology and living well with dementia
- 15 Ambient assisted living and the innovation culture
- 16 The importance of built environments for living well with dementia
- 17 Dementia-friendly communities and living well with dementia
- 18 Conclusion
- Index