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For many years, Sister Frances revealed her love and compassion for nursing home residents by recruiting church members and friends to be a part of the “Scrap Iron Gang,” as it was lovingly named by……続きを見る

Interested in starting a business of your own? Let me help you, this book will show you how I did it, all on my own. I started this book with money I had borrowed from family, all I had was a will, ……続きを見る

Being a caregiver is challenging, whether you’re caring for a friend, partner, spouse, child or parent. When you’re called upon to make choices about life and death, you want to know that you’re mak……続きを見る

Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those in the caring professions to understand and engage……続きを見る

The development of 'ageless' mental health services means that an increasing number of clinicians are now required to work with older people. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is recognised by all recen……続きを見る

The journey through dementia or Alzheimer's is a challenge filled with riddles and mazes that families often cannot solve. This is the story of one such journey told through the eyes of a daughter w……続きを見る

Risk is central to professional practice, assessment and decision-making in dementia care. Yet theories of risk are often complex and difficult to translate into everyday practice. This book outline……続きを見る

One in five Canadians are now providing eldercare to a parent in need, and as baby-boomers age, this number is likely to grow. What do you do when your mother or father grows old? It’s the natural c……続きを見る

Caring for your aging parent can feel overwhelming, from the emotional crisis of sudden illness to the legal crisis of sudden guardianship. A common wish is to be able to provide the same level of l……続きを見る

Best-selling author Henny Backus cared for her husband, actor Jim Backus ("Mr. Magoo," "Gilligan's Island," and "Rebel Without a Cause"), through his 10-year bout with Parkinson's Disease. In "Care ……続きを見る

America is getting older. Baby-boomers are confronted with the problem of helping their elderly parents find the best living situation for their old age. It won't be long before they and their own c……続きを見る

Récit d’une vielle dame hantée par les fantômes de sa famille... C'est l'histoire de Madame Bertin. Dans la solitude de sa maison de retraite, les voix des morts reprennent vie, se chevauchent et ne……続きを見る

From Jo Dereske, author of the bestselling Miss Zukas mystery series, a memoir of Alzheimer's.  One year spent in rural Michigan caring for Louise and Mike, an aunt and uncle who both had demen……続きを見る

The award-winning PEARL (Positively Enriching and enhancing Residents' Lives) programme was developed to enable care homes to move from providing good fundamental care to excellent person-centred de……続きを見る

Has your family received a diagnosis of dementia for your in-law? Do you feel alone or as if you jump through many hoops helping out? Wonder what to do and how to handle it? Is the in-law entitled t……続きを見る

Déculpabilisant, fort et vrai, " Alzheimer, ma mère et moi " parle de cet étrange ménage à trois avec la maladie Beaucoup d'ouvrages parlent d'Alzheimer en abordant le point de vue clinique du malad……続きを見る

Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. Design for Nature in Dementia Care provides comprehensive examples of wa……続きを見る

La autora ha querido plasmar en este libro una seria de reflexiones personales sobre la vejez, como también sobre el arte de envejecer; reflexiones que acompaña con algunas citas de la literatura un……続きを見る

The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend the……続きを見る

The role of the family caregiver is very rewarding, but being a caregiver can also be physically and emotionally exhausting. Caregivers often feel overwhelmed by their work and the demands of those ……続きを見る

Your parents are growing older and are getting forgetful, starting to slow down, or worse. Suddenly you find yourself at the cusp of one of the most important transitions in your lifeーand the life ……続きを見る

The adventure begins when Meg’s mother, Addie, vacationing in Florida, takes a spill. At the hospital, Addie bolts upright on her gurney and yells “I demand an autopsy!” before passing out cold. “On……続きを見る

Reflections such as these are subtly collected in this book and placed in the light of her own reflections by Luz María Londoño. With secret, fascinated delight, she has journeyed through the vast g……続きを見る

In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dement……続きを見る

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia. Like the population at large, people with……続きを見る

Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guides There are always difficult day to day decisions to be faced when caring for a person with dementia - from knowing how to deal with wandering to end of li……続きを見る

Comment réagir face à la maladie d'Alzheimer ? Un témoignage poignant. Pourquoi lire ce témoignage qui relate la présence d'une femme auprès de sa vieille maman incurable ? Parce que la narratrice a……続きを見る

Although currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this conditi……続きを見る

The experiences and needs of residents and patients in nursing and care homes are very different at night, and this is particularly true for those with dementia. Yet nursing and care homes are not a……続きを見る

East Asian societies are changing rapidly, and one of the most important facets of this transformation is population the ageing. of society. "Active ageing" is one of the few concepts available toda……続きを見る