BookMarie Boltz, James E. Galvin, editors.
Summary: This book provides an overview of the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial context of dementia care. With its focus on patient and family perspectives, this book describes evidence-based approaches towards prevention, detection, and treatment of dementia that is like any other book. The text presents memory clinics, care management, home-based interventions, palliative care, family caregiver programs, specific to dementia care. Additionally, the text examines strategies to support transitions to acute care and long-term care. The text also places a special emphasis on measures of quality, cultural sensitivity, and implications for health care policy. Written by experts in the field, Dementia Care: An Evidence-Based Approach is an excellent resource for clinicians, students, healthcare administrators, and policymakers who aim to improve the quality of life of both the person with dementia and their informal caregiver.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction: Principles of Dementia Care
Part 1 Dementia Prevention, Detection and Early Support
Chapter 2 Prevention of Dementia
Chapter 3 Detection of Dementia
Chapter 4 Memory Clinics and Care Management Programs
Chapter 5 Early-Stage Dementia: Maximizing Self-Direction and Health
Part 2 Clinical Management of Dementia
Chapter 6 Treatment of Dementia: Pharmacological Approaches
Chapter 7 Treatment of Dementia: Non-Pharmacological Approaches
Chapter 8 Challenges and Opportunities in Primary and Specialty Memory Care to Provide Best Practice Care
Community Mobility and Dementia: The Role for Health Care Professionals
Part 3 Toward Person-Centered Community-Based Dementia Care
Chapter 10 Experiences and Perspectives of the Person with Dementia
Chapter 11 Home-Based Interventions Targeting Persons with Dementia: What is the Evidence and Where Do We Go from Here?
Chapter 12 Experiences and Perspectives of the Family Caregiver of the Person with Dementia
Chapter 13 Interventions to Support Caregiver Well-Being
Part 4 Dementia Continuing Care
Chapter 14 Transitions in Care for the Person with Dementia
Chapter 15 Dementia Palliative Care
Chapter 16 Hospice Dementia Care
Chapter 17 Challenges in Dementia Care Policy.