Enhancing the Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia

ISBN-13: 9780876309650 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 244 str.

Ladislav Volicer; Lisa Bloom-Charette

Opis

This volume suggests therapeutic appraoches to quality of life issues. It presents ten approaches, divided into two groups: general strategies and specific approaches. These include: habilitation; lifestyle approach; validation therapy; simulated presence therapy; and music therapy.

Spis treści

Preface. Part I: General Strategies. Assessment of Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia. Habilitating Therapy: A New Starscape. The Lifestyle Approach. Adapted Work Program: A Sheltered Workshop for Dementia Patients. Prevention of Physical Impairment in Persons with Advanced Alzheimer's Disease. Part II: Specialized Approaches. Bright Eyes: A Structured Sensory Stimulation Intervention. Validation: A Communication Alternative. SimPresenceT: A Personalized Approach to Enhance Well-Being in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. Music Therapy with Individuals with Advanced Dementia. SNOEZELENr. Light Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease. Environmental Design as an Alzheimer Treatment.

O autorze

Volicer, Ladislav; Bloom-Charette, Lisa