1st Edition
Dementia Care - The Adaptive Response A Stress Reductionist Approach
By Paul Smith
Copyright 2013
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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The process of dementia makes the experience of day-to-day living an acute challenge. This could be mediated with educated and timely inputs and the caring contract negotiated to preserve both dignity and quality of life. The premise of the adaptive response model is that armed with the knowledge of human systems and their ability to adapt and adjust and with a firm application and emphasis on... Read more
Introduction; 1: What is dementia? The biological domain; 2: What is dementia? The psychological and social domains; 3: Modern contexts of dementia care; 4: Stress and adaptive responses; 5: Adaptive response: the original essay; 6: Stress: concepts , considerations, appraisal and stress thresholds; 7: Manipulating the social environment; 8: Manipulating the built environment
Biography
Paul Smith
