From the internationally acclaimed author of the groundbreaking and award-winning book Dementia Beyond Drugs , comes another eye-opening exploration of how to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who care for them. Focusing on seven essential domains of well-being, G. Allen Power, M.D., a board-certified geriatrician, challenges readers to evaluate their attitudes, expectations, and approaches and to embrace new ways of thinking that will lead to better solutions to problems encountered in all types of care settings. Learn how to overturn the prevailing disease-based care practices by emphasizing well-being and the many ways it can be enhanced in people with dementia. See how current care practices chronically erode individual well-being and then discover more dignified and strengths-based alternatives that build it up. Inspiring and highly readable, this book boldly confronts widely accepted dementia care practices and presents approaches that promise a new and hopeful vision for achieving the best possible outcomes for every person touched by this debilitating disease. xxx
G. Allen Power , MD is a board certified internist and geriatrician, clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester, USA, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians / American Society for Internal Medicine. Dr. Power is a Certified Eden Alternative(R) Educator and a member of the Eden Alternative board of directors. He has lectured on dementia and other elder care topics throughout the US and Canada, the UK, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malta.
"Al Power continues his provocative and pioneering work in dementia by taking us not only further beyond drugs, but beyond disease itself to wellbeing. We are led to place where people with dementia are returned to being part of humanity." -- Peter Whitehouse, Professor of Neurology "Case Western Reserve University" "Al Power has done it again. His newest book challenges us to partner with the person with dementia to create the best possible life. Dementia Beyond Disease is a thought provoking and practical guide that will help all of us develop winning programs that are life-affirming for the person with dementia and for care partners. Highly recommended!" -- David Troxel, Author "The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimers Care" "Be prepared to be challenged and inspired! Dr. Powers book is transformational in regarding dementia as a shift in the way the person with dementia experiences the world, and then focusing on how to enhance the well-being of those in your care. Once you have read this book, you will indeed change [your] minds about those whose minds have changed -- Christine Bryden, Author and Dementia Advocate "http://www.christinebryden.com" Dr. Power shows he is one of a mere handful of thinkers that are creating a new enlightened age of Alzheimers, one that sets personhood, humanity and well-being above the perpetuation of a medicalized disease model. This work helps set the stage for a more humane standard of care that supports living well in our communities for all people." -- Peter Reed, PhD, MPH, Director "Sanford Center for Aging"
