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Author Rader, Joanne.

Title Individualized dementia care : creative, compassionate approaches / Joanne Rader ; Elizabeth M. Tornquist, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Springer Pub. Co., [1995]
©1995

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.19683 R127I    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Moving away from the hospital model to an individualized resident-centered model -- 2. Exploring control and autonomy issues -- 3. The problem-solving process -- 4. Assessing the resident's needs -- 5. Assessing the external environment -- 6. Identifying the underlying cause of the resident's behavior -- 7. Balancing the benefit and burden of interventions -- 8. Overview of types of interventions -- 9. Organizational changes -- 10. Creating a supportive environment for eliminating restraints -- 11. Fall prevention and management.
12. Seating problems in long-term care -- 13. Use of skillful, creative psychosocial interventions -- 14. Activity interventions -- 15. Using psychoactive medications -- 16. Defining appropriate and achievable outcomes -- Appendices: Behavior monitoring charts: instructions for use of 24-hour behavior monitoring chart -- Assessment and care planning, the key to good care: a guide for nursing home residents and their families -- Guidelines for managing behavioral emergencies in the nursing home setting -- The freedom to be restraint-free: information about physical restraints for nursing home residents, families, and friends -- Psychoactive medication information sheets -- Resource list -- Simulation: a method to understand physical changes associated with aging.
Subject Alzheimer's disease -- Nursing.
Dementia -- Nursing.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Long-term care.
Dementia -- Patients -- Long-term care.
Dementia -- nursing.
Long-Term Care -- trends.
Long-Term Care -- methods.
Patient Care Planning.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Caregivers.
Added Author Tornquist, Elizabeth M., 1933-2016
Other Form: Online version: Rader, Joanne. Individualized dementia care. New York : Springer Pub. Co., c1995 (OCoLC)624449752
ISBN 0826187307
9780826187307
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