| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
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Life Story Work with People with Dementia: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary People. Edited by Polly Kaiser and Ruth Eley; Foreword ; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Ruth Eley and Polly Kaiser; Part 1 -- Where Has Life Story Work Come From? The Context of Life Story Work; 1. Narrative Approaches to Life Story Work -- Polly Kaiser; 2. The Policy Context: Life Story Work and People with Dementia -- Ruth Eley; 3. Values, Rights and a Compassionate Culture: The Bedrock of High Quality Care and Support -- Anna Gaughan; 4. Equality and Diversity in Life Story Work -- Polly Kaiser |
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Part 2 -- Does It Work? The Evidence Base for Life Story Work5. Understanding the Outcomes of Life Story Work -- Kate Gridley; 6. The Evidence Base for Life Story Work So Far -- Bob Woods and Ponnusamy Subramaniam; Part 3 -- Why Is It Important? The Benefits of Life Story Work; 7. What Life Story Work Means for People living with Dementia -- Steve Milton; 8. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Family Carers: A Personal Perspective -- Jean Tottie, former carer; 9. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Paid Staff -- Lesley Jones and Gillian Drummond |
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Part 4 -- How Can We Use It? The Practicalities of Life Story Work in Various Settings10. Communities, Housing and Life Stories: Keeping People Connected -- Ruth Eley, Polly Kaiser, John Shaw and Pat Broster; 11. Introducing Life Story Work into a Memory Service: The Benefits -- Joanne Sutton; 12. Life Story Work for People with Dementia in Acute General Hospitals: An Alternative Model for Care? -- Rachel Thompson; 13. Life Story Work in Care Homes -- Victoria Metcalfe; 14. Spirituality, Religion and Life Story Work -- Polly Kaiser; 15. Using Life Story Work in End of Life Care -- Polly Kaiser |
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16. Identifying and Overcoming Challenges in Life Story Work -- Jane McKeown, Kate Gridley and Nada Savitch17. Arts, Dementia and Life Story Work: Every Picture Tells a Story -- Maria Pasiecznik Parsons; Part 5 -- Where Next? ; 18. A European Perspective: New Opportunities -- Marie-Jo Guisset Martinez; 19. Conclusions and Looking Ahead -- Polly Kaiser and Ruth Eley; Useful Resources; End note ; References; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
Supporting the current focus on living well with dementia, this book shows how to carry out Life Story Work with people with dementia in a variety of settings. Focusing on the practicalities of carrying out life story work and highlighting its benefits, this book also includes case studies which will inspire the provision of individualised care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-267) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dementia -- Patients -- Care
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Narrative therapy.
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Autobiography -- Therapeutic care
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Dementia -- therapy
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Narrative Therapy
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care
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Narrative therapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Woods, Bob
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Subramaniam, Ponnusamy
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Milton, Steve
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Tottie, Jean
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Drummond, Gillian
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Shaw, John
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Broster, Pat
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Kaiser, Polly
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Eley, Ruth
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| ISBN |
9780857009142 |
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0857009141 |
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