Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author Hoffman, Stephanie B.

Title Comforting the confused : strategies for managing dementia / Stephanie B. Hoffman, Constance A. Platt
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Springer, [2000]
©2000

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  616.83 Hof/Ctc 2001  AVAILABLE
Description xxxiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Communication issues -- Ch. 1. Sensory and communication changes in normal and demented elders -- Ch. 2. Communication strategies with dementia residents -- Pt. II. Dementing illnesses -- Ch. 3. Alzheimer's disease -- Ch. 4. Vascular dementia -- Pt. III. Management issues -- Ch. 5. Managing depression -- Ch. 6. Solving difficult behavior problems -- Ch. 7. Feeding strategies -- Ch. 8. Wandering -- Ch. 9. Falls and the use of mechanical restraints -- Pt. IV. Special issues -- Ch. 10. Caring for the younger resident -- Ch. 11. Working with families of dementia residents --Ch. 12. Special care units -- Ch. 13. Dying and grieving
Notes Encompasses a wide range of issues facing long-term care staff in their care of people with dementia. Addresses such topics as communication, causes of dementia, difficult behaviours, younger residents, family issues and palliative care
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Communicative disorders.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
Caregivers.
Communicative disorders -- Psychology.
Dementia -- Physiological aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal communication.
Nonverbal communication.
Human comfort.
Dementia -- Nursing.
Dementia.
Dementia -- Patients -- Care.
Communication Disorders.
Dementia.
Interpersonal Relations.
Dementia -- psychology.
Interpersonal Relations.
Communication Disorders -- psychology.
Author Platt, Constance A.
LC no. 99051495
ISBN 0826112617