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Hearing the person with dementia
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- Book Synopsis
- Losing the ability to communicate can be a frustrating and difficult experience for people with dementia, their families and carers. As the disease progresses, the person with dementia may find it increasingly difficult to express themselves clearly, and to understand what others say. Written with both family and professional carers in mind, this book clearly explains what happens to communication as dementia progresses, how this may affect an individual's memory, language and senses, and how carers might need to adapt their approach as a result. Advocating a person-centred approach to dementia care, the author describes methods of verbal and non-verbal communication, techniques for communicating with people who can not speak or move easily, and strategies for communicating more effectively in specific day-to-day situations, including at mealtimes, whilst helping the person with dementia to bathe or dress, and whilst out and about. Exercises at the end of each chapter encourage the carer to reflect on their learning and apply it to their own circumstances, and guidelines for creating a life story with the person with dementia as a means of promoting good communication are also included. This concise, practical book is essential reading for family caregivers, professional care staff, and all those who work with, or who are training to work with, people with dementia.
- About The Author
- Bernie McCarthy is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years' experience working with people with dementia and those who care for them, providing support and education. He has worked in community-based older person's mental health teams and has a psychotherapy practice and consultancy providing behaviour management advice and training to aged care organisations Australia wide and into Asia. He is the founder of McCarthy Psychology Services and is a registered Clinical Psychologist with a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Melbourne University. Bernie McCarthy wrote 'Hearing the person with dementia: Person-centred approaches to communication for families and caregivers' in 2011. This was selected as one of the books for national distribution to municipal libraries in the UK under the Books on Prescription Scheme in 2015.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781849051866
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers, (15 January 2011)
- Number of Pages
- 112
- Weight
- 148 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 214 x 136 x 8 mm
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