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Informationen zum Autor Professor Murna Downs is Chair of the School of Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. Laura Middleton-Green is a lecturer in palliative and end of life care at the School of Dementia Studies, University of Bradford, UK. Jane Chatterjee is a Practice Educator/Lecturer at St. Gemma's Hospice, Leeds, UK. Sarah Russell is Head of Research and Clinical Innovation at Hospice UK. Klappentext People with dementia need increasingly specialised support as they approach the end of life, and so too do their families and the professionals working with them. This book describes not only what can be done to ensure maximum quality of life for those in the final stages of the illness, but also how best to support those involved in caring for them. It includes practical strategies for ensuring physical and emotional wellbeing, guidance on ethical issues, supporting family members, useful examples for practice and solutions to possible obstacles. This is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to provide compassionate, person-centred care for a person with dementia as they approach the end of life. Zusammenfassung Providing compassionate! person-centred care for a person with dementia as they approach the end of life is a key issue in dementia care ! and this book provides practical strategies to ensure physical and emotional wellbeing! guidance on ethical issues! useful examples for practice and solutions to possible obstacles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Introduction. 1. Transitions. 2. Promoting Dignity and Physical Wellbeing at the End of life. 3. Promoting Dignity and Emotional Wellbeing at the End of Life. 4. Supporting Families through Advanced Dementia and End of Life. 5. Supporting the Health and Social Care Workforce to Provide End of Life Care for People with Dementia. References. Index.
