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Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia

01 June 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This is a book that the dementia care field has been waiting for. It dispels the myth that caring for people with dementia is an unskilled, task-orientated chore and...

Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia

01 March 2006

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

This book is written by a clinical pharmacist who is based in Brisbane, Australia, and specialises in the care of older people. It is written primarily for...

Person-centred counselling for people with dementia: making sense of the self

01 May 2010

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

THERE is much to admire in this book, but it is not a ‘how to counsel’ manual. it consists mainly of the author’s experiences of counselling people with dementia,...

Comprehensive textbook of geriatric care

01 May 2005

Mental Health Practice

Resources

At a little over 1,300 pages and 41 chapters, plus a comprehensive indexing system, this is a book that places itself at the head of the pack and screams for...

Dementia Care Nursing: Promoting well-being in people with dementia and their families

01 July 2008

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

Trevor Adam’s contribution to dementia care and dementia care nursing is well-known and it is somewhat sobering to think that it is more than 20 years since...

Design for Nature in Dementia Care

01 July 2008

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

Every once in a while you read a book that makes you stop and think and change your perception of dementia care. Garuth Chalfont’s is such a book. At its heart, it...

Social work and disadvantage: addressing the roots of stigma through association

01 December 2007

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

Over the last 15 years or so, while the titles of nurse, social worker, occupational therapist and so on have remained constant, what has changed is the readiness of...

Ethical issues in dementia care: making difficult decisions

01 October 2007

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

This accessible, timely and well-considered book is part of the Bradford Dementia Group/Jessica Kingsley Publishers Good Practice Guides under the editorship of...

Practical psychiatry of old age

01 October 2007

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

Now in its fourth edition, this book has been something of a stalwart in the field of mental health and older people with both authors steeped in the culture,...

Connecting through music with people with dementia: a guide for caregivers

01 February 2010

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

THE ARGUMENT goes that our words and discourse define who we are. this suggests that only through the use of language can our concept of self be tested and our...