Dilemmas and decision making in dementia care

By:

Housden, Sarah

Contributor(s):

Hubbard, Julia [editor]

Publication details: St Albans : Critical Publishing, 2023.Description: 149pISBN:

9781915080837

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WT 155.

Summary: This book is invaluable to nurses and all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia in a variety of contexts. It presents a series of true-to-life case studies tackling the ethical and practical dilemmas of dementia care and how to use theoretical approaches to come to potential solutions. The reader is encouraged to explore evidence-based approaches to practice, based on the professional reasoning and experience of the practitioner and the emotional psychological and practical needs of the person living with dementia. Key themes running through case studies include: effective communication person-centred practice social citizenship strengths-based approaches relationship-focused support organisational culture Each case study provides readers with opportunities to experience and discuss clinical dilemmas in a safe space with an annotated thinking-aloud framework that allows them to unpack the elements of each situation so as to develop a range of solution-focused perspectives in order to overcome barriers and deliver best practice.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	WM 224 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	NE14394
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WT 155 HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	HOM0234
Book	PRUH Education Centre Library Shelves	WT 155 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	B05372
Book	Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Shelves	WT 150 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	ST00420

This book is invaluable to nurses and all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia in a variety of contexts. It presents a series of true-to-life case studies tackling the ethical and practical dilemmas of dementia care and how to use theoretical approaches to come to potential solutions.
The reader is encouraged to explore evidence-based approaches to practice, based on the professional reasoning and experience of the practitioner and the emotional psychological and practical needs of the person living with dementia. Key themes running through case studies include:
effective communication
person-centred practice
social citizenship
strengths-based approaches
relationship-focused support
organisational culture
Each case study provides readers with opportunities to experience and discuss clinical dilemmas in a safe space with an annotated thinking-aloud framework that allows them to unpack the elements of each situation so as to develop a range of solution-focused perspectives in order to overcome barriers and deliver best practice.

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