Enabling People with Dementia: Understanding and Implementing Person-Centred Care

• Main Author: Hobson, Pat (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Geriatric nursing.; Nursing administration.; Geriatric psychiatry.; Geriatric Care.; Nursing Management.; Geriatric Psychiatry.

This new updated edition challenges the perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of professionals working in dementia care settings by drawing on the theory of person-centred care. It demonstrates the importance of this theory for interacting with and caring for people with dementia. It also provides an o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Background to Person-Centered Care theory
• Chapter 2. Malignant Social Psychology (MSP) - Behaviours that threaten dignity and respect
• Chapter 3. Positive Person Work (PPW) - Behaviours that promote dignity
• Chapter 4. Person-Centered models in dementia
• Chapter 5. Experiences of the person with dementia and how it affects them
• Chapter 6. Different stages and types of dementia
• Chapter 7. Implementing Person-Centered communication
• Chapter 8. Managing behaviours that challenge
• Chapter 9. Designing environments that enable
• Chapter 10. Maintaining Meaningful Activities
• Chapter 11. Conclusion.