Dementia Beyond Disease

Dementia Beyond Disease
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ISBN-10 : 1938870697
ISBN-13 : 9781938870699
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Download or read book Dementia Beyond Disease written by G. Power and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally acclaimed author of the groundbreaking and award-winning book Dementia Beyond Drugs comes another eye-opening exploration of how to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who care for them. In this revised edition-including updated facts, studies, and terminology-Dr. G. Allen Power demonstrates how to achieve sustainable success in dementia care by changing the caregiving lens to focus on well-being and the ways in which it can be enhanced in people living with dementia. Revealing how drug-based interventions as well as completely holistic approaches consistently fall short of addressing and meeting the needs of people with dementia, this book offers a proactive approach-one that challenges widely accepted dementia care practices and provides a compelling new framework to guide care decisions. Through in-depth examinations of seven domains of well-being, readers will discover how current care practices erode them, and the transformative approaches that can restore them, plus, how to apply a well-being approach to the everyday care of people living with dementia, a highly adaptable framework that can be adopted in any living environment, valuable insight on overcoming physical and operational barriers to well-being, a wealth of person-centered, strengths-based approaches to care, Filled with true stories that demonstrate the power of a well-being approach to greatly improve the lives of people with dementia as well as those who care for them, this book presents methods that promise a new and hopeful vision for achieving the best possible outcomes for every person living with cognitive changes. Readers will be challenged, motivated, and profoundly inspired. Book jacket.


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