Dementia care [electronic resource] : an evidence-based approach / Marie Boltz, James E. Galvin, editors.
2016
RC521 .D443 2016
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Title
Dementia care [electronic resource] : an evidence-based approach / Marie Boltz, James E. Galvin, editors.
ISBN
9783319183770 (electronic book)
331918377X (electronic book)
9783319183763
3319183761
331918377X (electronic book)
9783319183763
3319183761
Published
Cham : Springer, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (325 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-18377-0 doi
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RC521 .D443 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.8/3
Summary
"This book provides an overview of the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial context of dementia care. With its focus on patient and family perspectives, this book describes evidence-based approaches towards prevention, detection, and treatment of dementia that is like any other book. The text presents memory clinics, care management, home-based interventions, palliative care, family caregiver programs, specific to dementia care. Additionally, the text examines strategies to support transitions to acute care and long-term care. The text also places a special emphasis on measures of quality, cultural sensitivity, and implications for health care policy. Written by experts in the field, Dementia Care: An Evidence-Based Approach is an excellent resource for clinicians, students, healthcare administrators, and policymakers who aim to improve the quality of life of both the person with dementia and their informal caregiver"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Boltz, Marie, editor.
Galvin, James E., editor.
Galvin, James E., editor.
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Dementia care.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : principles of dementia care
Dementia prevention, detection, and early support
Clinical management of dementia
Toward person-centered community-based dementia care
Dementia continuing care.
Dementia prevention, detection, and early support
Clinical management of dementia
Toward person-centered community-based dementia care
Dementia continuing care.