Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia for Nurses and Nursing Students

Karen Harrison Harrison Dening

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Print ISBN: 9781785924293
• eBook ISBN: 9781784507978
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Diseases & Allergies

This essential textbook on dementia care introduces the knowledge that nurses need, including the evidence base for practice and the guidance to transfer this newly acquired knowledge into everyday practice. Each of the 25 chapters are written by experts in the field of dementia care and are grounded in thoroughly researched, up-to-date evidence, have a direct bearing to nurse practice, and use case studies to give examples of application of the evidence to practice.

It begins by introducing dementia as a diagnosis, a syndrome, and a set of diseases, signs and symptoms. It then deals with various principles that underpin dementia care, including person-centred care, behaviours that challenge, risk management, and understanding relationships affected by dementia. Finally, it assesses dementia care across a range of care settings, such as primary care, care homes, domiciliary care, acute hospital, and hospice services.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Alistair Burns
• Preface
• 1. What is Dementia?
• 2. Diagnosis of Dementia
• 3. Medical Treatment and Management of Patients with Dementia
• 4. Diagnosis and Support of Younger People with Dementia
• 5. Learning Disability and Dementia
• 6. Three Decades On – Are We Truly Delivering Person-Centred Care?
• 7. Communication and the Enriched Model of Dementia Care
• 8. Psychosocial Approaches to Behaviours that Challenge Care
• 9. Ethical Issues in Caring for a Person with Dementia
• 10. Using Risk Management to Promote Person-Centred Care
• 11. Safeguarding and Dementia
• 12. Sexuality and Dementia
• 13. Supporting Decision Making in Dementia
• 14. Advance Care Planning in Dementia
• 15. Spirituality and Dementia Care
• 16. Supporting Families and Carers of People with Dementia
• 17. Supporting People Living with Dementia and Complex Health Needs
• 18. Delirium and Dementia
• 19. Pain in Dementia
• 20. Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Dementia
• 21. Care of People with Dementia in the Community
• 22. Care of People with Dementia in a Primary Care Setting
• 23. Care of People with Dementia in an Acute Hospital Setting
• 24. Care of People with Dementia in a Care Home Setting
• 25. Care of Families Affected by Dementia in a Hospice Setting
• The Contributors
• Subject Index
• Author Index
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