ABSTRACT
Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge. This second volume of contributions from leading practitioners and researchers around the world is a handbook for all those involved in 'hands on' caring, or in planning care, for persons with dementia. Volume 2 of Care-Giving in Dementia provides a rich source of information on most recent thinking about individualized long-term care of both dementia sufferers and their families.
Key themes in Volume 2 are:
* the subjective experience of dementia
* the provision of care for family carers
* differing cultural perspectives of dementia
* the crucial importance of life-history information for understanding a person's reaction to their illness.
Chapters on the search for an ethical framework and the best environment within which to provide care are particularly timely.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|79 pages
Models and theories
chapter Chapter 1|11 pages
The concept of personhood and its relevance for a new culture of dementia care
chapter Chapter 5|13 pages
Awareness in dementia patients and family grieving
part II|68 pages
Interventions in care facilities
part III|40 pages
Interventions in the community
chapter Chapter 11|10 pages
Supporting informal care-givers of demented elderly people
part IV|96 pages
Interventions for the family
chapter Chapter 14|23 pages
Understanding the social context of families experiencing dementia
chapter Chapter 16|20 pages
Behind the facts An insight into the burden on family carers of dementia patients
part V|68 pages
Environment, education and ethics