UID:
edocfu_9959235336302883
Format:
1 online resource (329 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-30827-3
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9786610308279
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1-84642-155-1
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0-585-12358-6
Content:
The first book to address the subject in its own right, this book targets good practice and stimulates an agenda for change. The contributors explore the implications for younger people with dementia and their families at personal and service-development levels. They call for a multi-disciplinary approach to all stages of the provision of services.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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COVER -- Younger People with Dementia: Planning, Practice and Development -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENCE -- 1. Assessment and Service Responses for Younger People with Dementia: A Medical Overview -- 2. Epidemiological Issues and Younger People with Dementia -- 3. Needs Assessment: Individual and Strategic Care Planning -- 4. Opportunities and Threats: Multiagency Perspectives and Person-Centred Planning -- PART TWO: SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS -- 5. HIV-Related Brain Impairment -- 6. Huntington's Disease -- 7. Learning Disabilities and Dementia -- 8. Alcohol-Related Brain Impairment -- PART THREE: DEVELOPING AN INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDING -- 9. 'Dark Head Amongst the Grey': Experiencing the Worlds of Younger Persons with Dementia -- 10. Negotiating Caregiving and Employment -- 11. Young Carers: Individual Circumstances and Practice Consideration in Dementia Caregiving -- 12. Family Caregiving and Younger People with Dementia: Dynamics, Experiences and Service Expectations -- 13. Designing for the Needs of Younger People with Dementia -- PART FOUR: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS -- 14. Younger People with Dementia: Psychosocial Interventions -- 15. Support Groups for People with Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease -- 16. Training and Younger People with Dementia: A Shared Learning Perspective -- 17. Changing the Mind-Set: Developing an Agenda for Change -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-85302-588-7
Language:
English
