Comforting the confused strategies for managing dementia
""How to comfort? How to help?"" are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt--a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregive...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co
2000.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798344906719 |
| Sumario: | ""How to comfort? How to help?"" are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt--a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregivers should be encouraged to emphasize non-verbal aspects of their communication throughout their daily care of the demented. Hoffman and Platt provide research-based, practical guidelines for communicating with dementia patients and offer strategies for responding to depression, aggression, wandering, and other behavior |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781281765697 9786611765699 9780826117168 |
