End-Stage Dementia Care - A Basic Guide (Hardcover)

C.R. Kovach

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People with mid-stage dementia are served by special care units in long-term care facilities, although as these residents deteriorate, they are transferred out of the unit and into a general nursing home unit. These nursing homes are not equipped to deal with palliative needs of end-stage dementia care. The book addresses those needs. With this in mind, Part One examines the stages of dementia (end-stage in particular). Other chapters in this section provide background on the hospice movement and hospice concepts; the idea of maintaining personhood; and administration of a late-stage care unit. Part Two focuses on treatment approaches for common needs in end-stage dementia - medical and physical care; a supportive environment; the fundamentals of care; psychopharmacology; and therapeutic activities. Part 3 contains chapters on family-centred care; legal and ethical issues; programme evaluation; and future opportunities.

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Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	1997
Authors:	C.R. Kovach
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-56032-514-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Geriatric nursing Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Community nursing Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing Promotions
LSN:	1-56032-514-3
Barcode:	9781560325147