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Title Supportive care for the person with dementia / edited by Julian C. Hughes, Mari Lloyd-Williams, Greg A. Sachs
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description xv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Supportive care series
Supportive care series.
Summary "Sportive care can be thought of as an extension of palliative care so that the person with dementia receives good quality, holistic care that makes no distinctions between the dichotomies of care and cure from the time of diagnosis until, and beyond, death. It recognizes the need for an inter-disciplinary approach for continuity of care. Supportive care in dementia must, therefore, be broad in its scope and application." "Supportive Care of the Person with Dementia provides just such a broad and full perspective, drawing upon the experience and expertise of a wide range of internationally-based professionals to outline a model of supportive care that will provide good quality and holistic care for people with dementia. Making use of real-life reports from both patients and carers to help readers fully understand the reality of dementia, the book examines the key principles that guide the practice of supportive care. It looks at how supportive care can be used, and specific benefits a care model of this type can bring to the complex problems that are frequently encountered when treating this condition." "It is an ideal resource for all clinicians who are part of an interdisciplinary team caring for sufferers with this debilitating illness."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Dementia -- Palliative treatment.
Dementia -- Patients -- Care.
Dementia -- therapy.
Palliative Care -- methods.
Patient Care -- methods.
Author Hughes, Julian C.
Lloyd-Williams, Mari.
Sachs, Greg A.
LC no. 2009292671
ISBN 9780199554133 hardback
0199554137 hardback