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  • Circles of Care

    How to Set Up Quality Care for Our Elders in the Comfort of Their Own Homes

    by Ann Cason ...
    "My parent needs help, but refuses to consider a nursing home." That’s the dilemma facing millions of baby boomers today. How can we ensure responsible, compassionate, even uplifting care for our aging parents at home?Mindfulness is key, Ann Cason writes. Good care begins with watching and listening, with entering the elder's world and accepting it. Drawing on decades of experience in caring for ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Dearest Mary Lou

    by Ann Cason ...
    In 1943, the community of Mossy Oak is home to “the gang,” a group of young people who have grown up together, sharing secrets, experiences, and discoveries of life. The war has turned them in to serious-minded adults trying to find their way in a world of uncertainty, and it has taken several members far away. Even so, they maintain a connection to each other through letters—a way to hold on to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • What the hell happened to my brain?

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    Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In this book, she offers an all-too-rare first-hand insight into that experience, sounding a clarion call for change in how we ensure a better quality of life for people with dementia.Kate describes vividly her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory difficulties, loss of ... Read more

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  • Dear Life

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  • Providing Good Care at Night for Older People

    Practical Approaches for Use in Nursing and Care Homes

    by Heather Wilkinson, Diana Kerr ...
    The experiences and needs of residents and patients in nursing and care homes are very different at night, and this is particularly true for those with dementia. Yet nursing and care homes are not always inspected with the same rigour at night as they are during the day, and night staff do not always receive the same levels of training, resources and supervision as day staff.This book provides ... Read more

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  • Developing Excellent Care for People Living with Dementia in Care Homes

    by Pete Calveley, Sue Goldsmith, Caroline Baker, Jason Corrigan-Charlesworth ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred dementia care. Trialled extensively by one of the UK's largest care providers, it has been proven to dramatically increase the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, significantly ... Read more

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  • Moving Your Aging Parents

    Fulfilling their Needs and Yours Before, During, and After the Move

    by Nancy Wesson ...
    Series series Aging with Grace
    Will you be ready when it's time...?Whether whittling down to the essentials for a parent moving into a room or two or downsizing for ourselves, ignoring the spirit and basing decisions on health and safety alone could have devastating results.In this hope filled book you will learn how to:Identify needs and desires to create a quality new lifeCope with the Depression Era mind-setCreate ... Read more

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  • Enriched Care Planning for People with Dementia

    A Good Practice Guide to Delivering Person-Centred Care

    by Paul Edwards, Dawn Brooker, Hazel May ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    The correlation between 'disengagement' and illness in people with dementia living in long-term care settings is becoming more widely recognised, and developing and adapting front-line staff responses to the changing needs of individuals is a crucial factor in addressing this problem.This book presents a complete practical framework for whole person assessment, care planning and review of persons ... Read more

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  • Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia

    Evidence-Based Practice

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    For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of the person's life.It looks at ways of providing support at the time of diagnosis and goes on to ... Read more

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    Evidence-based Interventions for Care Homes

    by Ann Marie Harmer, Claire Peart, David Owen, Phil Harper, Leon Smith, Deena Heaney, Holly Rance ...
    Activity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia.The activities presented in this book have been designed to provide meaningful engagement for residents, while respecting each individual resident's readiness to engage and participate. This approach to person-centred care has proven to be extremely ... Read more

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  • Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia

    Care-based Therapy

    by Chris Bonner ...
    In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias... I highly recommend that everyone who encounters persons with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, routinely or occasionally, read through this manual. Even for seasoned professionals or family ... Read more

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