A caregiver's guide to dementia : using activities and other strategies to prevent, reduce and manage behavioral symptoms / Laura N. Gitlin, Ph. D., Catherine Verrier Piersol, Ph. D., OTR/L.
Title:
A caregiver's guide to dementia : using activities and other strategies to prevent, reduce and manage behavioral symptoms / Laura N. Gitlin, Ph. D., Catherine Verrier Piersol, Ph. D., OTR/L.
ISBN:
9781933822907
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Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Camino Books, Inc., [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
vi, 100 pages ; 28 cm
Contents:
Address challenging behaviors -- Use activities in daily care -- Communicate effectively -- Make the home safe -- Support health of the person with dementia -- Take care of yourself -- Strategies for specific behaviors -- Worksheets.
Summary:
"[This book] explores the use of activities and other techniques to prevent, reduce and manage the behavioral symptoms of dementia. Separate sections cover daily activities, effective communication, home safety and difficult behaviors, with explicit strategies to handle agitation, repetitive questions, acting-out, wandering, restlessness, hoarding, resistance to care, incontinence, destructiveness, sexually and socially inappropriate acts at home and in public, aggressiveness, depression, and sleep disturbances. Worksheets are provided to help caregivers customize the strategies that work best for them." -- Back cover.
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OCLC Number:
ocn876466618
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