A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment 5/e
This fifth edition contains the latest research on the use of the QCS PAL Instrument and new information on using the PAL Engagement Measure. It features photocopiable activity checklists and plans that help professionals match users' abilities with personal care and leisure activities to aid them in meaningful activity.
This innovative book sets out practical guidance for people with dementia, their families and carers on reducing the symptoms of Alzheimers disease and other dementias.
What does it mean to grow old? What makes later life meaningful? What gives a frail and isolated or institutionalised older person their sense of wholeness and self?
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?Drawing on over ten years' experience of working with people with dementia, Karrie Marshall provides a toolkit of tried and tested creative activities to support communication and relationships. ......
Written by an international Montessori and dementia expert, this indispensable guide to Montessori for elders makes it possible for any care provider to understand and implement this innovative approach to aging.
Caregivers hold the key to the health, well-being, and happiness of their aging relatives, partners, or friends. The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved one'from making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out.
This mind-stimulating book offers tools and resources to strengthen mental functioning. Targeted brain fitness activities work to exercise many areas of cognition, such as memory, attention, focus, visual-spatial processing, and sequencing. These activities are fun - and appropriately challenging. And just like any good workout, the benefits ......
Faith Gibson OBE, AM BA BEd is Emeritus professor of social work, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. She returned to live in Australia after many years in the UK and has a long-time interest in teaching, researching, practicing and writing about reminiscence and life story work.
Contributes to a greater knowledge of ageing, age-related issues and healthcare problems of older adults. The role of nurses in relation to older adults health problems is highlighted throughout the book, but it also focuses on normal ageing, health promotional activities, and how governments have...
