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End-Stage Dementia Care - A Basic Guide (Paperback) Loot Price: R764
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End-Stage Dementia Care - A Basic Guide (Paperback): C.R. Kovach

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

C.R. Kovach

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Contents:
Part 1 Foundations and options for programme development: stages of dementia - an overview; palliative care for late-stage dementia; maintaining personhood - philosophy, goals, programme development and staff education; administration of a late-stage dementia programme in the nursing home setting. Part 2 Treatment approaches for common needs: medical care during late-stage dementia; treatment approaches to common physical care needs; strategies for eating, swallowing and dysphagia; a supportive environment for people with late-stage dementia; communications and fundamentals of care - bathing, grooming and dressing; behaviours associated with late-stage dementia; psychopharmacology and late-stage dementia behaviours; therapeutic activities for low- functioning older adults with dementia. Part 3 Special issues in care: working with the family; making change work - understanding concepts and strategies; legal and ethical issues; programme evaluation; future challenges and considerations.

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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 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 978-1-56032-515-4
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
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LSN: 1-56032-515-1
Barcode: 9781560325154

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