Dementia care training manual for staff working in nursing and residential settings

Dementia care training manual for staff working in nursing and residential settings /

This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines. Packed with photocopiable training exercises, discussion p...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Walsh, Danny
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2006
Series:JKP resource materials.
Subjects:
Dementia > Patients > Care > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Caregivers > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer Disease
Health Personnel > education
Homes for the Aged > organization & administration
Residential Facilities > organization & administration
Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and Residential Settings; Contents; Introduction; 1 What is Dementia?; 2 History of Dementia and Dementia Care; 3 How Dementia Affects Us; 4 Attitudes and Needs; 5 Communication in Dementia; 6 Individualised Care and Client History; 7 Activity; 8 Therapeutic Relationships, Reality Orientation, Validation and Resolution Approaches; 9 Reminiscence; 10 Independence and Good Practice; 11 Person Centred Care; 12 Bad Practice and Abuse; 13 Problem Solving and Trouble Shooting; 14 Wandering and Restlessness; 15 Accusations; 16 Aggression.

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