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Music is important to us as a species, and it can be particularly
important to people with dementia. Singing in a group can improve a
person's mood, recall, self-esteem and overall quality of life.
Whether you're a trained musician or someone who has no training
but can hold a tune (and that is almost everyone), this book will
give you guidance on every stage of setting up a singing group for
people with dementia: choosing songs, structuring sessions,
choosing and setting up a venue, training volunteers, finding
funding, keeping participants safe and ensuring that everyone has a
good time.
Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the
essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability
when they develop dementia. Like the population at large, people
with learning disabilities are living longer, and therefore an
increasing number are developing dementia. Service providers,
planners, doctors, social workers, carers and direct support staff
need to be equipped with relevant knowledge prior to the onset of
dementia, so that they can devise appropriate therapeutic
interventions and coping strategies, including health and
medication management and palliative care. This book will provide
essential knowledge for anyone involved in the provision of
services, assessment of need and direct care and support for
dementia sufferers who also have a learning disability.
The experiences and needs of residents and patients in nursing and
care homes are very different at night, and this is particularly
true for those with dementia. Yet nursing and care homes are not
always inspected with the same rigour at night as they are during
the day, and night staff do not always receive the same levels of
training, resources and supervision as day staff. This book
provides night staff, their managers and anyone else with an
interest in care homes during the night with the information,
knowledge and practical skills they need to deliver positive and
appropriate care at night. The authors look at all of the issues
that are particularly pertinent in caring for older people at
night, including nutrition and hydration, continence, challenging
behaviour, medication, night time checking, pain management and end
of life care. They also look at the impact that working at night
has on care staff, and offer practical suggestions to help them to
safeguard their own health. The final chapter provides a set of
night time care guidelines for inspectors that can also be used by
managers to evaluate night time practices in their homes. This book
is essential reading for night staff and their managers and
employers, as well as inspectors of services, policy makers, and
anyone else with an interest in the provision of care for older
people.
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