Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. The book examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work.
1. Introduction: A Framework for Understanding Impacts of Dementia and Supporting Quality of Life With Disease Progression - p. xxix 2. Part I: About the Person Living with Dementia - p. xlvii 3. Part I. About the Person Living With Dementia - p. 1 4. Chapter 1. How the Brain Is Affected - p. 3 5. Chapter 2. Lived Experiences of Individuals With Dementia - p. 23 6. Chapter 3. Breaking the Cycle of Despair - p. 53 7. Chapter 4. Making Life Better for Individuals Living With Dementia - p. 65 8. Part II: About the Caregiver - p. 89 9. Part II. About the Caregiver - p. 95 10. Chapter 5. Family Member as Care Partner - p. 97 11. Chapter 6. How We Can Support Families - p. 113 12. Chapter 7. Formal Caregivers: The Role of the Interprofessional Team - p. 155 13. Part III: About Living Environments - p. 166 14. Part III. About Living Environments - p. 169 15. Chapter 8. The Physical Home Environment: A Neglected Therapeutic Context - p. 171 16. Chapter 9. Living in the Community - p. 197 17. Part IV: About Social Systems and Policies - p. 209 18. Part IV. About Social Systems and Policies - p. 211 19. Chapter 10. Services and Settings of Care - p. 213 20. Chapter 11. Global Efforts and National Plans - p. 227 21. Chapter 12. Transforming Dementia Care - p. 247 22. Part V: Taking Action - p. 262 23. Part V. Taking Action - p. 265 24. Chapter 13. Developing and Implementing an Action Plan - p. 267 25. Chapter 14. Putting It All Together: Synthesis and Future Directions - p. 273 26. Index - p. 281
Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. The book examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work.
1. Introduction: A Framework for Understanding Impacts of Dementia and Supporting Quality of Life With Disease Progression - p. xxix 2. Part I: About the Person Living with Dementia - p. xlvii 3. Part I. About the Person Living With Dementia - p. 1 4. Chapter 1. How the Brain Is Affected - p. 3 5. Chapter 2. Lived Experiences of Individuals With Dementia - p. 23 6. Chapter 3. Breaking the Cycle of Despair - p. 53 7. Chapter 4. Making Life Better for Individuals Living With Dementia - p. 65 8. Part II: About the Caregiver - p. 89 9. Part II. About the Caregiver - p. 95 10. Chapter 5. Family Member as Care Partner - p. 97 11. Chapter 6. How We Can Support Families - p. 113 12. Chapter 7. Formal Caregivers: The Role of the Interprofessional Team - p. 155 13. Part III: About Living Environments - p. 166 14. Part III. About Living Environments - p. 169 15. Chapter 8. The Physical Home Environment: A Neglected Therapeutic Context - p. 171 16. Chapter 9. Living in the Community - p. 197 17. Part IV: About Social Systems and Policies - p. 209 18. Part IV. About Social Systems and Policies - p. 211 19. Chapter 10. Services and Settings of Care - p. 213 20. Chapter 11. Global Efforts and National Plans - p. 227 21. Chapter 12. Transforming Dementia Care - p. 247 22. Part V: Taking Action - p. 262 23. Part V. Taking Action - p. 265 24. Chapter 13. Developing and Implementing an Action Plan - p. 267 25. Chapter 14. Putting It All Together: Synthesis and Future Directions - p. 273 26. Index - p. 281
