2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in both Gerontologic
Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care
""This book...provides important information on best practices
and appropriate ways to care for a person with Alzheimer's and
advanced dementia. Drs. Martin and Sabbagh have assembled a team of
experts to help craft recommendations that should ultimately become
standards that all professional caregivers adopt.""-Michael
Reagan
Son of former President Ronald Reagan
President, Reagan Legacy Foundation
This book testifies that caregivers can have a monumental impact
on the lives of persons with advanced dementia. Through specialized
programming and a renewed effort toward patient-centered care,
caregivers can profoundly enrich the quality of life for these
persons. Providing guidelines for health care professionals,
caregivers, and family members, this book introduces palliative
care programs and protocols for the treatment of people with
advanced dementia.
The book is designed to guide professional caregivers in meeting
the needs of patients and their families, providing insight into
the philosophy, assessment, planning, implementation, and
evaluation measures involved in interdisciplinary palliative care.
The chapter authors offer guidelines and standards of care based on
contributions from nurses, physical therapists, social workers,
dietitions, psychologists, family caregivers and pastors. An
exhibit at the end of every chapter clearly articulates the
standards of care appropriate for all advanced dementia facilities
and health care staff. This book helps caregivers:
- Enhance the physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual
well-being of the patient and the patient's family
- Anticipate and meet the patient's basic human needs: hunger,
thirst, body positioning, hygiene, continence, and management of
any pain
- Ensure that the patient's surroundings are safe, comfortable,
and homelike
- Address health care decisions that will support the patient's
right to self-determination until the end of life
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