Care of the Elderly

How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis.Keith Oliver was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 55. Unaware at ...

Communication problems, frustration and boredom can manifest themselves in physical outbursts, and working in a residential or domiciliary setting ...

Being active is fundamental to a person's sense of physical and mental wellbeing, and the need to engage in purposeful and meaningful activity does...

Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older adults with valuable ways in which to express and share their feelings, needs and fears, and with...

A comprehensive and practical guide to dementia, this book is essential reading for anyone who has a friend or relative with the condition. This up...

Sensory Stories contain just a few lines of text, and are brought to life through a selection of meaningful sensory experiences. They have been fou...

*Winner in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*Risk is central to professional practice, assess...

Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eatin...

How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?As accounts of positive ex...

Moving into care is a significant life event for older people and their families and often occurs at a time when other life stresses such as deaths...

With a key theme for every week of the year, this resource contains extended multi-sensory reminiscence group session plans for older adults.Writte...

The significance of attachment theory for working with older people has been overlooked, and yet its importance is clear - evident in the experienc...

The CLEAR Dementia Care© model is an effective method of assessing behaviour that challenges, through an understanding that such behaviour may be a...

Understand and assess the sensory needs of people with dementia, and learn how to implement sensory modulation-based approaches for enriched care.D...

This book employs Markov models and propensity score matching methods to analyze the demand for elderly care labor, utilizing data from the China L...

Dementia can add a layer of complexity to health and social care, as problems with communication and understanding can make it more difficult to di...

This book provides a collection of interventions from researchers and clinicians health humanities experiences, and makes their methods available t...

This book provides a collection of interventions from researchers and clinicians health humanities experiences, and makes their methods available t...

Journalist William J. Kole, reluctant but newly minted member of the AARP, explores the looming era of super-agingincredibly longer lifespans overa...

Are you caring for a loved one?Do you often feel stressed, with little time to yourself?Would you like to regain balance and start to enjoy life ag...

For many Filipinos, one word kumusta, how are you is all it takes to forge a connection with a stranger anywhere in the world. In Canadas Prairie...