Thoughtful Dementia Care : : Understanding the Dementia Experience
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Introduction -- Memory processes -- Other cognitive changes -- Losing the functions of everyday life -- Losing the ability for self-care -- Staying active -- Stages -- The challenge of dementia.
Ghent-Fuller offers insights into emotional reactions and practical suggestions based on deep understanding of the way people with dementia view many situations. She explains the loss of various types of memory and other thinking processes, and describes how these losses affect the day to day life of people with dementia, their understanding of the world around them and their personal situations.
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PUBLISHED
[Charleston, S.C.] : CreateSpace, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: vi, 173 pages ; 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1480007579
9781480007574
SUBJECTS
Alzheimer's disease -- Care.
Alzheimer's disease -- Family relationships.
Dementia -- Care.
Dementia -- Treatment.
Caregivers -- Psychology.