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98,79 €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.
Table of contents (17 chapters)
1.Introduction: Principles of Dementia Care
2.Prevention of Dementia
3.Detection of Dementia
4.Memory Clinics and Care Management Programs
5.Early Stage Dementia: Maximizing Self-Direction and Health
6.Treatment of Dementia: Pharmacological Approaches
7.Treatment of Dementia: Non-pharmacological Approaches
8.Experience and Perspective of the Primary Care Physician and Memory Care Specialist
9.Community Mobility and Dementia: The Role for Health Care Professionals
10.Experiences and Perspectives of Persons with Dementia
11.Home-Based Interventions Targeting Persons with Dementia: What Is the Evidence and Where Do We Go from Here?
12.Experiences and Perspectives of Family Caregivers of the Person with Dementia
13.Interventions to Support Caregiver Well-Being
14.Transitions in Care for the Person with Dementia
15.Dementia Palliative Care
16.Hospice Dementia Care
17.Challenges in Dementia Care Policy
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