Product Description: A practical introduction to the use of the arts in dementia care. Based on experience, the book provides clear guidance on how to employ a variety of innovative techniques including art, music and dance therapies, to promote the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of people with dementia...read more

Product Description: A rounded account of Community Mental Health Nurses (CMHNs) practice in dementia care has been long overdue. This is the first book to focus on the role of CMHNs in their highly valued work with both people with dementia and their families...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dementia presents challenges to all those working in health and social care. It is a progressive disease that affects the person with dementia, their families and friends, and the wider community. Dementia affects each person in a unique way...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides a comprehensive research-based source of material, which focuses on the important issue of dementia and family care. It critically examines how dementia is defined, diagnosed and "treated" and provides a new environmentally focused approach to this challenging and growing issue for nurses and other care givers...read more