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Dementia can be a distressing condition, for the sufferer, and for families and other carers. Management of dementia is never easy, and involves facing some unpleasant problems and difficult choices. The right approach and expertise can minimise the unpleasantness and make dementia manageable, while inexperienced or inexpert management has the potential to cause unnecessary distress and disability, mis-directed resources, frustrated care staff, unduly long periods spent in hospitaland premature care home placement.Dementia Care is a practical manual for health and social care professionals in

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Based on papers from the Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia workshop, experts discuss the interface between dementia, personhood and decision-making. Drawing on a range of perspectives, the book forges new understandings of relationships between informal decision-making and formal biomedical or legal processes for assessing competence.

Dementia. --- Decision making. --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Aphrenia --- Aphronesia --- Athymia --- Dementias --- Brain --- Neurobehavioral disorders --- Psychoses --- Decision making --- Diseases

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With the rapidly increasing population of the elderly in the country, dementia. is increasingly becoming a cause for major concern. Apart from the patient, the. disease also has a significant impact on caregivers and the patient's family. This book outlines the existing research studies on dementia and explores the. caregiving scenario in the country. Among other issues, the book explores the following areas:. - Epidemiology, common types and causes of dementia. - Caregiver activities and daily chores. - Person-centred care and support. - Assessment and management of dementia patients. - Psych

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An anthology that answers a need to understand design that supports the daily life of people with dementia. It intends to support the research and development around the topic of dementia in older people, which has stressed innovation, participation in the design process, as well as technical competence and the physical environment.

Computerized self-h. --- Dementia - Patients - Dwellings -. --- Computerized self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Dementia --- Environment Design. --- Activities of Daily Living. --- Self-Help Devices. --- User-Computer Interface. --- Aphrenia --- Aphronesia --- Athymia --- Dementias --- Brain --- Neurobehavioral disorders --- Psychoses --- Computerized self-help devices for the handicapped --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- User Computer Interface --- Interface, User Computer --- Virtual Systems --- Interface, User-Computer --- Interfaces, User Computer --- Interfaces, User-Computer --- System, Virtual --- Systems, Virtual --- User Computer Interfaces --- User-Computer Interfaces --- Virtual System --- Speech Recognition Software --- Brain-Computer Interfaces --- Assistive Devices --- Assistive Technology --- Assistive Device --- Assistive Technologies --- Device, Assistive --- Device, Self-Help --- Devices, Assistive --- Devices, Self-Help --- Self Help Devices --- Self-Help Device --- Technologies, Assistive --- Technology, Assistive --- Disabled Persons --- Activities, Daily Living --- ADL --- Chronic Limitation of Activity --- Limitation of Activity, Chronic --- Activity, Daily Living --- Daily Living Activities --- Daily Living Activity --- Living Activities, Daily --- Living Activity, Daily --- Karnofsky Performance Status --- Design, Environment --- Healthy Places --- Designs, Environment --- Environment Designs --- Healthy Place --- Patients --- Dwellings --- Design and construction --- rehabilitation. --- Diseases