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This book presents ideas and approaches to support people living with dementia, and their families, to live a good life.
List of contents
Ch 1 An Introduction to Personalisation Ch 2 Personalisation: What Does it Mean for People Living with Dementia? Ch 3 The Dementia Journey Ch 4 A Toolkit to Develop Skills and Approaches to Achieve Personalised Support in Dementia Care Ch 5 Effective Communication Tools and Approaches to Use to Support People Living with Dementia Ch 6 Personalisation During Times of Changing Behaviour Ch 7 Developing and Embedding Person Centred Cultures
About the author
I have worked within Health and Social care for the past 25 years and within this time I have been committed to improving the experiences of those accessing the care and support they need, and this has involved working alongside people living with dementia and their families. Within this time, I have trained in and delivered Person Centred Planning and Support Brokerage which are both approaches to enable people to direct their own care and support in a manner that is rooted in community rather than services. My work and passion led me to setting up Imagineer Development UK CIC in 2010, a social enterprise based in the North of England with a national reach which specialise in Self-Direction.
With a degree in journalism, Jayna Patel enjoyed using her investigation skills to help Liz create a practical and valuable resource for informal carers supporting someone living with dementia. As a Content Writer for health and wellbeing app, Evergreen Life, she understood the importance of balancing the need for the book to be thoroughly researched, with the requirement for it to written accessibly. Jayna had more of a marketing background than a health and social care one, having previously worked as an account manager at a web design and digital marketing agency for six years, meaning she was ideally placed to ensure the content was conveyed in an easy-to follow, jargon-free way – as well as tidy up all the references!
Summary
This book presents ideas and approaches to support people living with dementia, and their families, to live a good life.
