Dementia Care, 2nd Ed

Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on caring for patients with dementia at your fingertips.

List of contents

1. Dementia Overview, 2. Communicating Well in Dementia Care, 3. Diagnosis of Dementia, 4. Pharmacological Treatments for Dementia, 5. Families as Partners in Care, 6. Capacity, 7. Pain Assessment and Management, 8. Nutrition and Hydration, 9. Dementia-Friendly Environments, 10. Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), 11. Acute Confusional States (Delirium) and Dementia, 12. End-of-Life Care, 13. Safeguarding from Abuse and Neglect.

About the author

Dawn Brooker is Director of the Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester, UK.
Sue Lillyman is a Programme Lead at Education for Health and Associate Lecturer at the University of Worcester, UK.
Mary Bruce is Senior Lecturer at the Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester, UK.

Summary

Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on caring for patients with dementia at your fingertips.

Product details

• Authors: Dawn Brooker, Dawn Lillyman Brooker, Brooker Dawn, Mary Bruce, Sue Lillyman, Lillyman Sue
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032217659
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221765-9
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Nursing and Health Survival Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Personal & public health, Geriatric nursing, Personal and public health / health education, Nursing fundamentals & skills