A New Approach to Dementia
Examining Sensory and Perceptual Impairment
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A New Approach to Dementia
Examining Sensory and Perceptual Impairment
About this book
A New Approach to Dementia: Examining Sensory and Perceptual Impairment is a groundbreaking work which highlights the non-memory impairments of the dementias to improve both early recognition of dementia and clinical diagnosis, as well as interventions and care. It focuses clinical attention on the significant evidence supporting the existence of many types of sensory and perception-related changes/abnormalities sometimes at the early stages of the disease and throughout its progression.
Providing a holistic overview of the field, the book includes self-reports of people with dementia and caregivers, alongside an in-depth discussion of the application of the findings about non-memory impairments to clinical care and management. It leads a movement to address the over-focus on memory function in dementia and ageing, arguing for the need to test sensory and perceptual abnormalities to improve clinical practice and research into, and the care and support of, people living with dementia and associated disorders.
With its mix of scientific, and clinical and real-life relevance, this book is essential for clinicians and researchers specialising in ageing and dementia as well as carers working with people living with dementia and students of neuropsychology/neurocognition, medicine and health and social care.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dementia: Types, characteristics and diagnosis
- 3 Olfactory loss and dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 4 Gustatory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 5 Somatosensory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 6 Auditory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 7 Visual dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 8 Multi-sensory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
- 9 Economic evaluation of sensory impairments related to dementia
- 10 Environmental design and SMART technology for supporting people living with dementia and sensory changes
- Index