Teaching dementia care : skill and understanding

Mace, Nancy L.

Teaching dementia care : skill and understanding - Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2005 - xii, 357 p. ; 29 cm. (pbk)

0801880432 (pbk. : alk. paper) Introduction -- Teaching techniques that work -- Teaching adult students -- Helping the person by understanding the problem -- Helping the person by understanding how the brain affects behavior -- Facilitating function by treating excess disability -- Facilitating function by treating stress -- Applying skills in activities of daily living -- Helping the person by enriching communication -- Helping the person by sustaining relationships -- Caring for the person by meeting emotional needs -- Helping the person by addressing mood -- Restoring enjoyment through activities -- Thinking through challenging behaviors -- A plan and a celebration -- Evaluating your training -- Making the best use of charting and information-based systems -- Using assessment instruments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dementia-Patients-Care-Study and teaching
Dementia-Patients-Care
Nursing-Study and teaching
Dementia-nursing
Education, Nursing-methods
Teaching-methods
Geriatrics. Chronic Disease

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