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Current community care policies and increasing numbers of older
people needing assistance mean that all social workers must be
up-to-date in their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards people
with dementia and their carers. This book, written by experienced
social workers, provides guidance on best practice in a readable
and jargon-free style. Working with dementia: * looks at medical,
social and citizenship approaches, thus providing the very latest
thinking in the field; * covers a wide range of issues, including
often-neglected areas such as sexuality and the design of the built
environment; * provides contextual information about the old and
new cultures of care; and * discusses skills such as communication
and practical assistance. This book is essential reading for social
work and social care students, social workers undertaking CPD, and
social and care workers transferring to dementia care from other
fields. BASW/Policy Press series The BASW/Policy Press partnership
provides the very best in accessible and practical high-quality
resources for social work professionals and students. For other
titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main
catalogue page.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) was a breaker of boundaries and a
consummate collaborator. He used silk-screen prints to reflect on
American promise and failure, melded sculpture and painting in
works called combines, and collaborated with engineers and
scientists to challenge our thinking about art. Through
collaborations with John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and others,
Rauschenberg bridged the music, dance, and visual-art worlds,
inventing a new art for the last half of the twentieth century.
Robert Rauschenberg is a work of collaborative oral biography that
tells the story of one of the twentieth century’s great artists
through a series of interviews with key figures in his
life—family, friends, former lovers, professional associates,
studio assistants, and collaborators. The oral historian Sara
Sinclair artfully puts the narrators’ reminiscences in
conversation, with a focus on the relationship between
Rauschenberg’s intense social life and his art. The book opens
with a prologue by Rauschenberg’s sister and then shifts to New
York City’s 1950s and ’60s art scene, populated by the
luminaries of abstract expressionism. It follows Rauschenberg’s
eventual move to Florida’s Captiva Island and his trips across
the globe, illuminating his inner life and its effect on his and
others’ art. The narrators share their views on Rauschenberg’s
work, explore the curatorial thinking behind exhibitions of his
art, and reflect on the impact of the influx of money into the
contemporary art market. Included are artists famous in their own
right, such as Laurie Anderson and Brice Marden, as well as
art-world insiders and lesser-known figures who were part of
Rauschenberg’s inner circle. Beyond considering Rauschenberg as
an artist, this book reveals him as a man embedded in a series of
art worlds over the course of a long and rich life, demonstrating
the complex interaction of business and personal, public and
private in the creation of great art.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was a breaker of boundaries and a
consummate collaborator. He used silk-screen prints to reflect on
American promise and failure, melded sculpture and painting in
works called combines, and collaborated with engineers and
scientists to challenge our thinking about art. Through
collaborations with John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and others,
Rauschenberg bridged the music, dance, and visual-art worlds,
inventing a new art for the last half of the twentieth century.
Robert Rauschenberg is a work of collaborative oral biography that
tells the story of one of the twentieth century's great artists
through a series of interviews with key figures in his life-family,
friends, former lovers, professional associates, studio assistants,
and collaborators. The oral historian Sara Sinclair artfully puts
the narrators' reminiscences in conversation, with a focus on the
relationship between Rauschenberg's intense social life and his
art. The book opens with a prologue by Rauschenberg's sister and
then shifts to New York City's 1950s and '60s art scene, populated
by the luminaries of abstract expressionism. It follows
Rauschenberg's eventual move to Florida's Captiva Island and his
trips across the globe, illuminating his inner life and its effect
on his and others' art. The narrators share their views on
Rauschenberg's work, explore the curatorial thinking behind
exhibitions of his art, and reflect on the impact of the influx of
money into the contemporary art market. Included are artists famous
in their own right, such as Laurie Anderson and Brice Marden, as
well as art-world insiders and lesser-known figures who were part
of Rauschenberg's inner circle. Beyond considering Rauschenberg as
an artist, this book reveals him as a man embedded in a series of
art worlds over the course of a long and rich life, demonstrating
the complex interaction of business and personal, public and
private in the creation of great art.
This practice-focussed resource shows dementia care professionals
how to harness resilience in their daily practice when working with
people living with dementia. Nurturing and developing resilience
can hugely improve quality of life for people living with dementia,
and as such it is an important tool for practitioners to provide
targeted, meaningful support that fits into the lives of people
with dementia and care partners. This book guides readers through
the key concepts of resilience within the context of dementia and
explains the unique challenges and opportunities of developing
resilience in this situation. It also provides real-world examples
of resilience in dementia assessment and care and suggests clear
frameworks for applying resilience in daily practice, as well as
template assessment sheets. A practical and accessible resource,
this book helps professionals ensure that people with dementia are
treated as individuals actively engaged in their own lives and in
the care which they receive.
The volume has ambitious scope and covers almost all potential
supports and services. Most of the chapters have been written by
professionals who work with people with dementia and their
families, and most are British social workers and professionals
allied-to-medicine (occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech
and language therapy).' - Ageing and Society 'Marshall, in her
introduction, states that the aim of the book is to strengthen the
link between rehabilitation and dementia and to encourage the
understanding that people with dementia do benefit from
rehabilitation and treatment. The book clearly meets this aim with
the contributors offering convincing arguments for the
conceptualisation of dementia care as rehabilitation and the
potential for improvements in symptoms and in quality of life for
people with dementia... The book is accessible, easy to read,
informative and provides practical information and new ideas useful
for practitioners, services providers, commissioners and policy
makers.' - Social Policy 'This book has much to offer a range of
professionals and those teaching them at post-qualifying levels.' -
Journal of Interprofessional Care 'The chapters give us a real and
honest appraisal of the pains and possibilities of dementia. And
David Jolley ends his chapter with what could be seen as a
surprising statement that "Life with dementia is worth Living". His
ideas sum up the tone of the book which asserts that people with
dementia still have much to give but need help in order to maintain
health, safety and dignity, and offers various practical
therapeutic models that have been worked out in different
settings... throughout the book we are encouraged to keep the
person with dementia at the centre of care and to see them as a
unique individual with a disability who needs help.' - Perspectives
on Rehabilitation and Dementia 'Service planners could gain from
dipping in to this collection and testing the extent to which their
current plans reflect the thinking shared by the authors. The
importance of team working is stated throughout, and in an era of
partnership working this provides yet another useful policy book on
which to hang revised plans' - Community Care 'Contributions from
people with dementia and their families provide the central core of
the text and anchor it firmly in reality. There is a unanimously
positive approach to rehabilitation. Many of the authors focus on
self esteem and confidence with many references to the need of
teamwork. They also share the positive view of people with
dementia, which concentrates on personhood focussing upon the whole
person, drawing upon their strengths as well as taking into account
declining abilities in some areas. This book is strongly
recommended for health care professions, particularly nursing
courses.' - London Centre for Dementia Care News 'The book explores
the positive outcomes for people with dementia in terms of quality
of life and self-esteem, especially if rehabilitation is seen as a
positive philosophy of practice as well as a set of skills and
approaches. It includes many different perspectives from a diverse
group of professionals, carers and practitioners, and people with
dementia themselves.' - Working with Older People Perspectives on
Rehabilitation and Dementia offers new insights into the
application of a well-established approach and set of skills to a
group of people who have traditionally been thought not to benefit
from them. Indeed people with dementia have missed out on physical
and psychological rehabilitation very substantially. This book
demonstrates that rehabilitation has positive outcomes for people
with dementia in terms of quality of life and self-esteem,
especially if rehabilitation is seen as a positive philosophy of
practice as well as a set of skills and approaches. The
perspectives in this book are those of a very diverse group of
professionals, carers, and people with dementia themselves.
Professional backgrounds and the settings in which they work are
diverse and include both academics and practitioners. The voices of
people with dementia underline the importance of seeing how they
understand rehabilitation for themselves. Professionals in almost
all caring professions - nursing, physiotherapy, occupational
therapy, acute, geriatric and psychiatric medicine, psychology,
social work and rehabilitation - will increasingly find themselves
working with people with dementia. They need to be alert to the
latest thinking on approaches and interventions. This book provides
a readable course text for understanding both their own
professional contribution and that of others in the team.
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Not Just a Statistic (Paperback)
Angela Mary Marshall; Illustrated by Rachel Dickens, Joanne Amanda Mclernon
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Demonstrating that it is essential to be sensitive to the cultural
backgrounds of people with dementia in order to provide truly
person-centred care, this book shows that it is possible to create
culturally appropriate outdoor spaces and experiences that resonate
with people with dementia on a fundamental level and are a source
of comfort and wellbeing. Contributors drawn from a variety of
backgrounds describe the significance of nature in the lives of
people with dementia from diverse cultures, faiths, traditions and
geographical locations, providing helpful insights into how access
to the natural world may be achieved within different care
settings. There are contributions from the UK (Scottish island,
urban North East England and Norfolk farming communities), Canada,
Norway, Japan, Australia, Sudan and South Africa, as well as a
chapter on the specific difficulty of providing access to nature
for people with dementia in hospitals. The voices of people with
dementia and their carers are prominent throughout, and the book
also contains evocative poetry and photographs of people with
dementia enjoying nature and the outdoors in different contexts. A
rich source of information and ideas for all those interested in
creating culturally appropriate outdoor spaces and experiences for
people with dementia, including dementia care practitioners,
especially those at managerial level, policy makers, commissioners
and those involved in designing and commissioning buildings and
services.
Chances are if you've picked up this book, you've wrestled with
your weight. Maybe you've tried a number of fad diets, with any
number of methods,many of which lay the blame on eating too much
food that's high in fat and sugar. But here's the truth: No single
factor causes obesity. Being overweight involves genetics,
physiology, and behaviour,and the one thing that's missing from
most diet plans is a clear plan for addressing psychological
factors to change the way we think about food.In The Thinsulin (R)
Program , psychiatrist Charles T. Nguyen and bariatric internist Tu
Song-Anh Nguyen identify the real culprits behind obesity,and share
their proven, science-based, two-stage plan for weight loss. First,
the Active Phase shows you how to gain control of and lower your
insulin levels through food choices, enabling dramatic weight loss.
Next, the Passive Phase helps you to adopt a new way of thinking
about food, focusing on insulin rather than calories, to develop
the skills to keep excess weight off for good. The Thinsulin (R)
Program offers a medical breakthrough by uniquely harnessing the
synergy between the working of your body and the power of your mind
to manage your weight. The program gives you the skills to change
your thinking permanently so that you find longstanding success on
your weight-loss journey.Not only will you achieve unparalleled
success in weight loss, The Thinsulin (R) Program also offers
powerful health benefits, such as reversing the onset of arthritis,
diabetes, and heart disease. Think thin, think Thinsulin,and get
ready for long-term health and wellness.
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