Reducing stress-related behaviours in people with dementia care-based therapy
This practical book provides simple ways to reduce stress-related behaviours in people with dementia. The author suggests strategies for managing problems with feeding, bathing, toileting and sleep, looks at how to understand and cope with wandering, agitation and inappropriate sexual activity, and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st American pbk. ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798055406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Stress factors
- Results of stress
- Preventing/minimizing stress
- Find out as much as you can about the person
- Apply appropriate practices to minimize stress
- Addressing stress-related responses
- Hostile verbal and physical responses
- Verbally agitated behaviours
- Wandering
- Intrusiveness, rummaging or picking behaviour
- Managing feeding problems
- Managing inappropriate sexual activity
- Managing sleep disturbance
- Factors affecting sleep in elderly people with dementia
- Interventions to improve sleep
- Importance of teamwork, training and support.
