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Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxVL3jGm3

Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

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Full title

Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

Author / Creator

Publisher

Ascot Vale : Ausmed Publications, 2004.

Date

2004.

Record Identifier

74VvxVL3jGm3

MMS ID

991016751709702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (370 p.)

Contents

Preliminaries; Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 History and Issues; Chapter 2 The Relative's Perspective; Chapter 3 The Whole Person; Chapter 4 Enriching the Environment; Chapter 5 Memory Loss; Chapter 6 Nutrition; Chapter 7 Wandering; Chapter 8 Sen...

Chapter 20 Listening to the Person with DementiaChapter 21 Leisure; Chapter 22 Creative Care; Chapter 23 The Eden Alternative; Chapter 24 Dementia Care Mapping; References; Index.

Publication information

Publisher

Ascot Vale : Ausmed Publications, 2004.

Date Published

2004.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

People are said to 'suffer from dementia'. In the 1960s, when I first came intocontact with people with dementia, there is no doubt that there was a lot ofsuffering. 'Senile dementia', as it was known in those days, was considered to bean inevitable consequence of ageing. Residential care took place mostly inasylums for the mentally ill. The overcr...

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Full title

Dementia Nursing [electronic resource].

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

A Guide to Practice.

Description based upon print version of record.

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VvxVL3jGm3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxVL3jGm3

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ISBN

9781597340076

DDC

610.7368 616.83

MMS ID

991016751709702626