
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia
How to Communicate without Speech
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia
How to Communicate without Speech
About this book
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them.
Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this book shows how to relieve the strain on relationships between them, their families, and professional caregivers through better, person-centred communication. It includes communication assessment tools and guidance on how to build on the communication repertoire of the individual with dementia using nonverbal means including imitation, facial expressions, sounds, movement, eye gaze and touch. With accessible evidence and case studies based on the authors' research, Adaptive Interaction can be used as the basis for developing interactions without words with people living with dementia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Both Sides Now: Advanced Dementia from the Inside Out
- Chapter 2 Weāve Only Just Begun: Learning the Language of Dementia
- Chapter 3 I Hear You Now: Collaborative Communication
- Chapter 4 Letās Work Together: Learning the Language of Dementia
- Chapter 5 A Beautiful Noise: Chrissieās Story
- Chapter 6 Iām Looking Through You: Eleanorās Story
- Chapter 7 The Sound of Silence: Bertās Story
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Adaptive Interaction Process Charts
- References
- Subject Index
- Author Index
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- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Of Related Interest