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Author : Joyce Simard
Publisher : Gwasg y Bwthyn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1938870026
Offers simple and practical ways for direct care staff to provide holistic end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia. --Publisher.
Author : Nicola Kendall
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781784509750
Namaste Care is a therapeutic approach to caring for those living with advanced dementia, focused on improving their quality of life through a simple, soothing and rewarding process. This step-by-step guide is for anyone looking to translate the principles of the Namaste Care approach successfully and professionally into a home or care setting, with an emphasis on the value of volunteers in the community in implementing this. The Namaste Care approach is focussed on giving comfort and pleasure to people with advanced dementia through sensory stimulation, especially the use of touch, and this book provides extensive guidance on every stage of the process, including harnessing community interest, recruiting and training volunteers, and managing pain and discomfort. In a time of ever-growing strain on healthcare resources, this practical guide is a timely reminder of the power and value of informal care and compassionate communities in helping to care better for people with dementia, and is essential reading for carers, professionals and family members.
Author : Nicola Kendall
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781787754942
"I open the garden gate, which creaks on old, worn hinges. The rose garden is peaceful but not silent. Bird song and the buzz of bees provide nature's melody. Somewhere in the distance, gentle music is playing and it relaxes me." Namaste Care offers compassionate care to people with advanced dementia through sensory input, comfort and pleasure, combining music, therapeutic touch, colour, food and scents. With ready-to-use structured sensory stories that are specially designed for people with advanced dementia, A Namaste Care Activity Book invites you to enhance your care through storytelling and sensory stimuli. Early chapters give an overview of the approach, exploring the effects of sensory stimulation in improving quality of life. With contributions from professionals across the field, chapters describe ways to engage the different senses, including aromatherapy, food and memory and therapeutic use of lighting. These are followed by a selection of themed stories, with ideas for sensory activities to support each one. In addition to guides for Namaste Care sessions, the book provides a starting point for writing your own stories tailored to the person for whom you are caring. Inspiring creativity and confidence in delivering Namaste Care, the activities provide valuable guidance in caring for and improving the lives of people with advanced dementia.
Author : Joyce Simard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 193887093X
Caring for people with advanced dementia presents unique challenges that the Namaste Care? program addresses using simple, holistic practices. Through comforting and meaningful sensory-based experiences, this enlightened approach to care honors the enduring spirit of each person. It brings satisfaction both to people experiencing it and to those who care for them. Evocative scents, soothing music, and gentle massage are just part of this innovative program, which can be implemented with minimal resources and training and meets regulatory guidelines for person-centered activity programming for all stages of dementia. Step-by-step advice for staffing, budgeting, operating, and marketing the program is provided along with detailed information for creating a suitable setting for running a Namaste Care program. Recommended lists of nursing and activity supplies, suggested activities, and other valuable resources are also included.Proven effective in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living memory care communities, and hospice organizations, this evidence-based approach has been implemented and validated around the world. Positive outcomes include improved resident comfort, engagement, and quality of life; increased family involvement; and strengthened staff morale. And the concepts of Namaste Care are flexible enough to be used with groups of residents or one-on-one with individuals. Embracing a loving-touch approach and focusing on the particular end-of-life needs of people with dementia, this program enables the care team to bring grace and dignity to those completing their dementia journey.Completely revised Third EditionThis award-winning book includes full instructions for implementing a Namaste Care program plus new evidence and features:?Detailed descriptions of Namaste Care groups and individuals?Suggested adaptations for a variety of settings?Additional stories about creative uses and efficacy of Namaste Care?Increased scope of practice in the U.S., Australia, the U.K., Europe, and Singapore?In-depth description of the physical setting and supplies needed?Expanded discussion of death and dying?Updated research and references
Author : Julian Hughes,Mari Lloyd-Williams,Greg Sachs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199554133
Supportive Care for the person with dementia provides a broad and full perspective, drawing upon the experience and expertise of a wide range of internationally-based professionals to outline a model of supportive care that will provide good quality and holistic care for people with dementia.
Author : Lee Hyer, PhD, ABPP,Robert C. Intrieri, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826138460
Older people are entering nursing homes later and sicker than ever before, thus presenting as more physically fragile and complex residents and requiring more advanced care and treatment. To this end, Hyer and Intrieri have gathered together a group of health care professionals who are genuinely dedicated to the care and research of long-term care (LTC) environments. This group seeks to push the envelope for improved use of professional time, effort, and input and in this remarkable book, share their ideas with you. By applying the Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC) model to various care settings, the editors are able to examine current LTC practices and existing psychosocial issues confronting older LTC patients; either support or challenge them; and offer suggestions and strategies, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, for improving the LTC system and residents' physical, psychological, emotional, and social health. This book provides insight on the psychological issues facing long-term care residents for a plethora of health care professionals, including: Physicians and geriatricians who care for older adults in the LTC system Nurses and geriatric nurse specialists Social workers Activity coordinators Physical, occupational, and speech therapists within an LTC setting who are seeking ways to explain behavior and empower the residents they care for Psychologists and psychiatrists whose practice focuses on older adults
Author : Stephen G. Post
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781421442495
"A new ethics guideline for caregivers of "deeply forgetful people" and a program on how to communicate and connect based on 30 years of community dialogues through Alzheimer's organizations across the globe"--
Author : Graham Stokes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351686792
Understanding socially disruptive behavior in dementia is never easy. Most explanations offer neither solace nor solutions for families and carers, and treatment is often characterized by policies of control and containment. The result of Graham Stokes' 15 years of clinical work with people who are challenging, this book: disputes the traditional medical model of dementia and asserts that if we reach behind the barrier of cognitive devastation and decipher the cryptic messages, it can be shown that much behavior is not meaningless but meaningful. It contrasts the medical interpretation that sees anti-social behavior as mere symptoms of disease with a person-centered interpretation that resonates change and resolution. It offers a radical and innovative interpretation of challenging behavior consistent with the new culture of dementia care, focusing on needs to be met rather than problems to be managed.
Author : Cretien van Campen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191509292
The senses can be powerful triggers for memories of our past, eliciting a range of both positive and negative emotions. The smell or taste of a long forgotten sweet can stimulate a rich emotional response connected to our childhood, or a piece of music transport us back to our adolescence. Sense memories can be linked to all the senses - sound, vision, and even touch can also trigger intense and emotional memories of our past. In The Proust Effect, we learn about why sense memories are special, how they work in the brain, how they can enrich our daily life, and even how they can help those suffering from problems involving memory. A sense memory can be evoked by a smell, a taste, a flavour, a touch, a sound, a melody, a colour or a picture, or by some other involuntary sensory stimulus. Any of these can triggers a vivid, emotional reliving of a forgotten event in the past. Exploring the senses in thought-provoking scientific experiments and artistic projects, this fascinating book offers new insights into memory - drawn from neuroscience, the arts, and professions such as education, elderly care, health care therapy and the culinary profession.
Author : Katharina Heimerl
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199644155
Participatory Research in Palliative Care discusses participatory research methods within the discipline of palliative care. Providing an overview of the action research methods, it uses exemplars from studies within palliative care, as well as discusses the prominent issues currently faced in this methodology from a global perspective.
Author : Katherine Froggatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1163832542
Background: Identification of valid, reliable and clinically relevant measures of quality of dying for palliative care trials is challenging. Self-reports and/or proxy reporting by professional or family carers has limitations. An alternative is measurement of general functioning (physical activity level or sleep patterns) evaluated with objective methods such accelerometers. There is increasing use of accelerometers in research, but little has considered this as an outcome measure for people with advanced dementia at the end of life. Aim: To determine the acceptability and utility of accelerometers as a proxy outcome of quality of dying in people with advanced dementia, and to estimate physical activity and sleep characteristics. Methods: 32 participants, from 6 nursing homes from the NAMASTE trial (a feasibility trial to improve the quality of dying for people with advanced dementia), wore a wrist band accelerometer (GENEActiv) for a maximum of 28 days. We estimated levels of physical activity and sleep characteristics (duration and efficiency). We used descriptive analyses and hierarchical linear models to describe and estimate activity and sleep. Acceptability of the accelerometer was ascertained by length of time worn and feedback from the resident, family or care staff. Results: The accelerometer was acceptable: 30 (94%) participants wore the actigraph continuously following the protocol (28 days) (1 participant withdrew from the study; 1 participant stopped wearing the device whilst in hospital). On average, measurements were available for 23.4 days (SD=2.8). No adverse effects were reported. Participants were generally inactive: they spent 98% of each day with low levels of activity
Author : Jan Hall
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781448175574
When a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia you might step into the new role of carer, helping your relative to remain safe, happy and as independent as possible. In this fully updated and revised edition, Dementia Essentials offers a realistic and reassuring guide to help you and the person affected navigate the complexities of dementia and Alzheimer’s, and face anything that these conditions might place your way. Written by real carers with first-hand experience, this book is now updated with the latest research coupled with essential advice, personal insights and helpful strategies, including: · Advice on medication and getting support from local health professionals · Ideas for encouraging independence, confidence and activity while reducing anxiety, aggression and confusion · Strategies for coping as a carer, helping you understand your emotions and feel more empowered · Guidance on how to prepare for the future, including revised legal and financial advice and tips on choosing a care home Positive and practical, Dementia Essentials will give you with everything you need to provide the best possible care for the person you are supporting.
Author : Brendan McCormack,Tanya McCance
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118990568
Person-centred Practice in Nursing and Health Care is a comprehensive and practical resource for all nurses and healthcare practitioners who want to develop person-centred ways of working. This second edition which builds on the original text Person Centred Nursing, has been significantly revised and expanded to provide a timely and topical exploration of an important subject which underpins all nursing and healthcare, edited by internationally renowned experts in the field. Person-centred Practice in Nursing and Health Care looks at the importance of person-centred practice (PCP) from a variety of practice, strategic, and policy angles, exploring how the principles of PCP underpin a variety of perspectives, including within leadership and in the curriculum. The book explores not only a range of methodologies, but also covers a variety of different healthcare settings and contexts, including working within mental health services, acute care, nursing homes, the community, and working with children and people with disabilities. Key features: Significantly updated and expanded since the previous edition, taking into account the considerable changes in recent health care advancements, including the ‘Francis’ report Builds on previous perspectives of person-centredness in nursing and applies them in a broader nursing and health care context Includes a stronger exploration on the role of the service-user Shows the use of life-story and narrative approaches as a way of putting the individual’s identity at the heart of the care relationship Includes learning features such as links to current practice developments and reflective questions
Author : Prasun Chatterjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811389382
This open access book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person within the context of family, caregivers, clinical and other institutions. All through the book, the author discusses preparedness for an aging individual as well as the society in the Indian context. The book highlights inevitable but mostly neglected health issues like depression, dementia, fall, and frailty and provides detailed analyses of solutions that are practicable in low resource settings. It also brings up intergenerational differences and harmony in the context of holistic care of older Indians. Alongside clinical perspectives, the book uses narratives of elderly patients to dwell on the myriad of problems and issues that constitute old age healthcare. Demonstrating cases that range from the most influential to the most underprivileged elderly in India, the book enlightens multiple caregivers—doctors, nurses, and professional caregivers as well as family members—about the dynamic approach required in dealing with complex issues related to late old age. The narratives make the book relatable and interesting to non-academic readers, with important lessons for gerontological and geriatric caregiving. It is also of use to older adults in preparing for active aging.
Author : Nicola Kendall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1787754936
With accessible resources and guidance, this book offers essential tools to support those living with advanced dementia through Namaste Care. Providing an overview of the approach, it draws on a range of professional expertise through contributory chapters on sensory activity and includes a variety of sensory stories and related activities.