A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia: Using Strategies to Prevent, Reduce and Manage Behavioral Symptoms

by Laura Gitlin

Overview

A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia explores the use of activities and other techniques to prevent, reduce and otherwise manage the behavioral symptoms of dementia. Sections cover daily activities, effective communication with patients, home safety, difficult behaviors and strategies to deal with agitation, repetitive questions, acting-out, wandering, restlessness, hoarding, resistance to care, incontinence, destructiveness, sexually and socially inappropriate acts, aggression, depression and sleep disturbances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933822907
Publisher:	Camino Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	456,059
Product dimensions:	10.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D. is Professor, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and Director of the Center for Innovative Care in Aging at Johns Hopkins University.

Catherine Verrier Piersol, Ph.D., OTR/L is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Clinical Director of Jefferson Elder Care at Thomas Jefferson University.