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Title
Dementia care : issues, responses and international perspectives / Mala Kapur Shankardass, editor.
ISBN
9789811638640 (electronic bk.)
9811638640 (electronic bk.)
9789811638633
9811638632
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-16-3864-0 doi
Call Number
RC521 .D46 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.8/31
Summary
This book discusses the contemporary medico-social, psychological, legal, and therapeutic concerns related to people affected by dementia as a patient or as a caregiver. It provides global emerging responses to dementia. It highlights different dimensions of dementia in terms of issues, concerns, policies, and strategies all around the globe. The contributing authors present issues from cross-cultural education visible in dementia studies and discuss the power of music, art therapy, artistic collaborations, and many innovative practices in dealing with dementia. Written by international specialists from various disciplines, the chapters include challenges and emerging issues related to the role of family caregivers, the concern with vulnerability to elder abuse and neglect, and the role of technology in dementia care. The book provides a diverse perspective to dementia care not covered in such a broad way by any other books on the topic. This book is intended for academics from a wide range of fields such as sociology, geriatrics, community medicine, public health, clinical psychology, social work all of which, collectively, bear on the problem and the solutions for better dementia care.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 14, 2021).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811638633
Chapter 1. Perspectives on Dementia Concerns and Responses
Chapter 2. Delivering multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural education in dementia studies
Chapter 3. The power of music in the lives of people living with dementia
Chapter 4. McDonalization of Long Term Care in America
Chapter 5. Suicide in People With Dementia
Chapter 6. Supporting Home-based Dementia Care
Chapter 7. Psychological Health of Dementia Caregivers: An Overview
Chapter 8. Transnational Care for Dementia
Chapter 9. Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Risk Factor to Elder Abuse & Neglect
Chapter 10. Dementia in under 65s
An Overview.
