Description: Teaching Dementia Care by Nancy L. Mace With her unmistakable compassion, humor, and wisdom, Mace has provided a much-needed guidebook for better teaching and better care. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Dementia afflicts millions of Americans and deeply affects the lives of their loved ones. Good care has been proven to have a significant effect on the quality of life of a person with dementia. To ensure good care, staff members of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult day-care centers, and providers of home care must be thoroughly and continually trained by qualified and well-prepared professionals. Nancy L. Mace, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day, has created the ultimate teachers guide for dementia care training. Rich with information and with tools for effective communication between teacher and student, the text supplies instructors with in-depth lessons and includes relevant charts, tables, and handouts, which may be customized to suit specific programs. Good training is the foundation for a confident and competent caregiver and supports the dignity and well-being of persons with dementia and their families. With her unmistakable compassion, humor, and wisdom, Mace has provided a much-needed guidebook for better teaching and better care. Notes This book makes a unique and significant contribution to the literature on the care of persons with Alzheimer disease. It provides very specific and comprehensive information to professionals, enabling them to educate caregivers so that they provide competent and compassionate care. Everything needed by the educator is provided-even summaries of key content in slides or overheads, and problem-solving exercises so students can acquire new strategies and caregiving techniques. Nancy Mace has provided professionals and direct caregivers with an invaluable resource. Thanks to this book, students will have direct access to one of the truly great teachers of the care of persons with Alzheimer disease. -- Laura Reif, R.N., Ph.D., Graduate Program in Gerontological Nursing University of California, San Francisco Author Biography Nancy L. Mace, M.A., now retired, was a consultant to and a member of the board of directors of the Alzheimers Association and an assistant in psychiatry and coordinator of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsPart I: Getting StartedChapter 1. Laying the Groundwork for ChangeChapter 2. Teaching Techniques That WorkChapter 3. Teaching Adult StudentsPart II: LessonsChapter 4. Helping the Person by Understanding the Problem Chapter 5. Helping the Person by Understanding How the Brain Affects BehaviorChapter 6. Facilitating Function by Treating Excess Disability Chapter 7. Facilitating Function by Treating StressChapter 8. Applying Skills in Activities of Daily LivingChapter 9. Helping the Person by Enriching CommunicationChapter 10. Helping the Person by Sustaining RelationshipsChapter 11. Caring for the Person by Meeting Emotional NeedsChapter 12. Helping the Person by Addressing MoodChapter 13. Restoring Enjoyment Through ActivitiesChapter 14. Thinking Through Challenging BehaviorsChapter 15. A Plan And a CelebrationPart III: Additional Information for EducatorsChapter 16. Evaluating Your TrainingChapter 17. Making the Best Use of Charting and Information-Based SystemsChapter 18. Using Assessment InstrumentsReferences and ResourcesIndex Promotional This book makes a unique and significant contribution to the literature on the care of persons with Alzheimer disease. It provides very specific and comprehensive information to professionals, enabling them to educate caregivers so that they provide competent and compassionate care. Everything needed by the educator is provided-even summaries of key content in slides or overheads, and problem-solving exercises so students can acquire new strategies and caregiving techniques. Nancy Mace has provided professionals and direct caregivers with an invaluable resource. Thanks to this book, students will have direct access to one of the truly great teachers of the care of persons with Alzheimer disease. -- Laura Reif, R.N., Ph.D., Graduate Program in Gerontological Nursing University of California, San Francisco Long Description Dementia afflicts millions of Americans and deeply affects the lives of their loved ones. Good care has been proven to have a significant effect on the quality of life of a person with dementia. To ensure good care, staff members of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult day-care centers, and providers of home care must be thoroughly and continually trained by qualified and well-prepared professionals.Nancy L. Mace, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day, has created the ultimate teachers guide for dementia care training. Rich with information and with tools for effective communication between teacher and student, the text supplies instructors with in-depth lessons and includes relevant charts, tables, and handouts, which may be customized to suit specific programs. Good training is the foundation for a confident and competent caregiver and supports the dignity and well-being of persons with dementia and their families. With her unmistakable compassion, humor, and wisdom, Mace has provided a much-needed guidebook for better teaching and better care. Review Quote "This book makes a unique and significant contribution to the literature on the care of persons with Alzheimer disease. It provides very specific and comprehensive information to professionals, enabling them to educate caregivers so that they provide competent and compassionate care. Everything needed by the educator is provided?even summaries of key content in slides or overheads, and problem-solving exercises so students can acquire new strategies and caregiving techniques. Nancy Mace has provided professionals and direct caregivers with an invaluable resource. Thanks to this book, students will have direct access to one of the truly great teachers of the care of persons with Alzheimer disease."?Laura Reif, R.N., Ph.D., Graduate Program in Gerontological Nursing University of California, San Francisco Details ISBN0801880424 Author Nancy L. Mace Short Title TEACHING DEMENTIA CARE Pages 392 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801880424 ISBN-13 9780801880421 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2005 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle Skill and Understanding Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Audience Age 17 Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780801880421 NZ Release Date 2005-06-22 US Release Date 2005-06-22 UK Release Date 2005-06-22 Publication Date 2005-06-22 Alternative 9780801880438 DEWEY 362.19683007 Illustrations 1 Line drawings, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2005-04-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161796926;
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ISBN-13: 9780801880421
Book Title: Teaching Dementia Care
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Publication Name: Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 279 mm
Subject: Medicine
Publication Year: 2005
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Item Weight: 1315 g
Author: Nancy L. Mace
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