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.

With the goal of alleviating the paucity of knowledge about advanced dementia, and helping to improve the care and services that are increasingly needed for the growing numbers of people living with dementia-type diseases, this book provides evidence-based measurement scales for use by researchers and care providers who are seeking to improve our understanding of the final stages of this disease. Now collected in a single place are the best available research tools for use with this unique population, accompanied by knowledgeable reviews by the book's internationally recognized authors and by...