Social work and people with dementia

Partnerships, practice and persistence

Marshall, Mary, Tibbs, Margaret-Anne

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2006
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447342465
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

Current community care policies and increasing numbers of older people needing assistance mean that all social workers must be up-to-date in their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards people with dementia and their carers. This book, written by experienced social workers, provides guidance on best practice in a readable and jargon-free style. Working with dementia: ·looks at medical, social and citizenship approaches, thus providing the very latest thinking in the field; ·covers a wide range of issues, including often-neglected areas such as sexuality and the design of the built environment; ·provides contextual information about the old and new cultures of care; and ·discusses skills such as communication and practical assistance. This book is essential reading for social work and social care students, social workers undertaking CPD, and social and care workers transferring to dementia care from other fields. BASW/Policy Press series The BASW/Policy Press partnership provides the very best in accessible and practical high-quality resources for social work professionals and students. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.

Table of contents

• SOCIAL WORK AND PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The new culture of dementia care
• 2. Demography, diagnosis and alcohol-related brain damage
• 3. Policy context
• 4. The experience of dementia
• 5. Communication
• 6. Social work assessment in a changing world
• 7. The care environment
• 8. Making it work
• 9. Therapy
• 10. The future
• APPENDIX. Useful contacts
• References
• Index