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Gain the knowledge and insight you need to support your loved one with dementia to live life as they wish.
When a family member is diagnosed with dementia it's difficult to know what to do. Do you worry you don't have the skills and knowledge to support them? And what about looking after your own mental health?
A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia is here to help. Written by someone with lots of experience in this field, it gives you the knowledge and insight to be able to support the person with dementia to live life as they wish. This easy-to-follow and accessible guide contains information that is intended to support people to plan for how they want to live their life, receive their care, and for end-of-life planning.
In this book you will find:
Details of the different types of dementia and the dementia journey
Explanations of the various Person Centred approaches to dementia care
Information about people's rights within the health and social care legislation
Insights into behaviour and methods of communication
Support options available to you and your loved one, paid and community-based.
Often people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their families report feeling lost and not sure what to do apart from learning to adapt and find a way to do their best in what can often be difficult circumstances. This book provides easy, engaging, and practical content for things to consider and conversations to have so as to be able to provide the best care and support on a basis of sound understanding from everyone involved.
Contents
Ch 1 An Introduction to Personalisation Ch 2 Personalisation: What Does it Mean for People Living with Dementia? Ch 3 The Dementia Journey Ch 4 A Toolkit to Develop Skills and Approaches to Achieve Personalised Support in Dementia Care Ch 5 Effective Communication Tools and Approaches to Use to Support People Living with Dementia Ch 6 Personalisation During Times of Changing Behaviour Ch 7 Developing and Embedding Person Centred Cultures
