Dementia

Person-Centered Assessment and Intervention
Herausgeber: Hickey, Ellen; Bourgeois, Michelle S.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dementia provides a functional and behavioral approach to assessing and treating persons with dementia. It describes behavioral interventions and environmental strategies to improve quality of life from a proactive communication and memory basis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9781138859906
• ISBN-10: 1138859907
• Artikelnr.: 54649291

Autorenporträt

Ellen M. Hickey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor of speech-language pathology at Dalhousie University. Her teaching, practice, and research specialize in quality of life and treatment for persons with neurogenic communication disorders, including the cognitive-communicative disorders caused by dementia syndromes. Michelle S. Bourgeois, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, is Professor of speech-language pathology at the University of South Florida. She specializes in interventions for persons with dementia and their caregivers. She has published numerous research articles, training manuals and CDs, and books on dementia interventions.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: History and Philosophy of Treatment in Dementia Michelle S. Bourgeois and Ellen M. Hickey 2. Clinical and Pathophysiological Profiles of Various Dementia Etiologies Tammy Hopper
Ellen M. Hickey
and Michelle S. Bourgeois 3. Cognitive-Communicative Characteristics: Profiling Types of Dementia Nidhi Mahendra
Ellen M. Hickey
and Michelle S. Bourgeois 4. Setting the Stage for Person-Centered Care: Intervention Principles and Practical Considerations Ellen M. Hickey
Renee Kinder
Becky Khayum
Natalie F. Douglas
and Michelle S. Bourgeois 5. Assessment of Cognition
Communication
and Behavior Ellen M. Hickey
Becky Khayum
and Michelle S. Bourgeois 6. Cognitive and Communicative Interventions Ellen M. Hickey and Michelle S. Bourgeois 7. Interprofessional Interventions: Modifying the Physical and Social Environments Ellen M. Hickey
Michelle S. Bourgeois
and Jennifer Brush 8. Eating and Swallowing: Description
Assessment
and Intervention Ellen M. Hickey
Stuart Cleary
Pamela Coulter
and Michelle S. Bourgeois 9. Caregiver and Family Issues Michelle S. Bourgeois 10. Professional and Paraprofessional Caregiver Training and Supervision Natalie F. Douglas
Michelle S. Bourgeois
and Ellen M. Hickey 11. Quality of Life and End of Life Issues Ellen M. Hickey and Michelle S. Bourgeois