For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of the person's life.It looks at ways of providing support at the time of diagnosis and goes on to explore a variety of interventions and services for the treatment of early dementia. Bringing together the knowledge and experiences of professionals from both the UK and Europe, the contributors describe interventions for both psychological and practical problems with case examples such as memory support groups, art therapies and assistive technologies for use in the home.This accessible book will be essential reading for practitioners and carers working with those with early dementia and will be extremely useful in both professional development and for those new to dementia care.
CONTENTS:1. Introduction: Personalising psychosocial interventions to individual need and context - Part I: Support at the time of diagnosis. 2. What do we tell people with dementia about their diagnosis and how do we tell them? - 3. Timely psychoscocial interventions in a memory clinic Part II: Cognitive and memory support. 4. Working with memory problems: cognitive rehabilitation in early dementia 5. Cognitive stimulation for people with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia 6. GRADIOR: A personalised computer-based cognitive training programme for early intervention in dementia 7. Memory groups for people with early dementia 8. Health technologies for people with early dementia: the ENABLE project Part III: Psychological, emotional and social support. 9. Group psychotherapy for people with early dementia 10. Art therapy: getting in touch with inner self and outside world 11. A host of golden memories: individual and couples group reminiscence 12. Developing group support for men with mild cognitive difficulties and early dementia 13. Group psycho-educational intervention for family carers Part IV: Developing evidence-based psychosocial support services. 14. The Meeting Centres Support Group Programme 15. Personalised disease management for people with dementia: the primary carer support programme 16. Carer interventions in the voluntary sector
Contributions from health and social care professionals from the UK and Europe are cleverly combined to offer a comprehensive, informative and interesting account of tried and tested interventions for the person with early dementia... The easy to read guidance and advice will appeal to the busy professional, this book works well when read as a whole but is also perfect for quick reference. The guidelines for choosing the appropriate psychosocial interventions are set out clearly in a table which briefly explains the aim, the task, the intervention and relevant chapter for further reading... An essential read for every professional working with people with early dementia.
