End-Stage Dementia Care : A Basic Guide (9781560325147)

People with mid-stage dementia are served by special care units in long-term care facilities, although as these residents deteriorate, they are transferred out of the unit and into a general nursing home unit. These nursing homes are not equipped to deal with palliative needs of end-stage dementia care. The book addresses those needs. With this in mind, Part One examines the stages of dementia end-stage in particular. Other chapters in this section provide background on the hospice movement and hospice concepts; the idea of maintaining personhood; and administration of a late-stage care unit. Part Two focuses on treatment approaches for common needs in end-stage dementia - medical and physical care; a supportive environment; the fundamentals of care; psychopharmacology; and therapeutic activities. Part 3 contains chapters on family-centred care; legal and ethical issues; programme evaluation; and future opportunities.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 256 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 19.05mm | 630g
• Publication date 13 May 1997
• Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
• Publication City/Country Washington, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 1560325143
• ISBN13 9781560325147

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