Comforting the Confused: Strategies for Managing Dementia
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Book Overview
"How to comfort? How to help?" are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt--a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregivers should be encouraged to emphasize non-verbal aspects of their communication throughout their daily care of the demented. Hoffman and Platt provide research-based, practical guidelines for communicating with dementia patients and offer strategies for responding to depression, aggression, wandering, and other behavioral problems. New to the Second edition are chapters addressing: Feeding strategies Falls and Use of Mechanical Restraints Special Care Units Dying and Grieving Each chapter features learning objectives, a pretest, a posttest, and learning exercises. The book is a valuable tool for inservice training and a practical resource for professionals.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826178502
ISBN13:9780826178503
Release Date:June 1991
Publisher:Springer Publishing Company
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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caregiver
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is great for the information it contains and suggestions given on caring for the elderly with dememtia or alzheimers. I would definitely recomment this to any family member or caregiver who cares for someone with these issues. Very insightful.
Comforting the Confused
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Comforting the Confused provides background information, specific interventions, and teaching aids about communication, dementia, and dementia management issues. Numerous approaches are described for a variety of problem behaviors commonly encountered in working with persons with dementia. The teaching aids include pretests/posttests, learning objectives, case studies, and interactive exercises, all of which could easily be incorporated into classroom or inservice settings. References are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate further study of particular issues. This book belongs in every caregiver's library.
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