Dementia Care Edited by Trevor Adams PhD MSC RN Cert Ed CPN Cert Lecturer in Mental Health, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
and
Jill Manthorpe MA Reader in Community Care, School of Nursing, Social Work and Applied Health Studies, University of Hull, UK
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Contents
Contributors Foreword Introduction
v ix x
Section 1: Approaches to practice 1
Constructing dementia Trevor Adams and Ruth Bartlett
3
2
Valuing people with dementia Wendy Martin and Helen Bartlett
22
3
Policy and practice in dementia care Jill Manthorpe and Trevor Adams
35
Section 2: Person-centred practice 4
Working with people in the early stages of dementia Lindsay Royan
5
Managing language and communication difficulties in Alzheimer's dementia: the link to behaviour Karen Bryan and Jane Maxim
51
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6
Counselling people with dementia Elizabeth Bartlett and Richard Cheston
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7