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020			_a9780128119280
060			_aWM 220
100	1		_aGitlin, Laura N
245			_aBetter living with dementia : _bimplications for individuals, families, communities, and societies
260			_aLondon : _bAcademic Press, _c2018
300			_al, 288p
520			_aBetter Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities, and Societies highlights evidence-based best practices for improving the lives of patients with dementia. It presents the local and global challenges of these patients, also coupling foundational knowledge with specific strategies to overcome these challenges. The book examines the trajectory of the disease, offers stage-appropriate practices and strategies to improve quality of life, provides theoretical and practical frameworks that inform on ways to support and care for individuals living with dementia, includes evidence-based recommendations for research, and details global examples of care approaches that work. Weaves research evidence and theories with practical know-how Identifies support strategies for home, community, and health care settings Provides stage-appropriate strategies relative to dementia severity Summarizes dementia pathology, diagnosis, and progression Considers the changing needs of both the individual with dementia and family and formal caregivers Offers evidence-informed recommendations for research, practice, policy, and how to make things better at home, in the community, in healthcare and service settings, and through national policies Provides local and global exemplars of what works Provides case vignettes to illustrate key points with real examples Contains brief conversations with national and international experts
650		4	_95822 _aDementia
650		4	_95522 _aCarers
650		4	_97645 _aQuality of life
650		4	_913622 _aSupport
700			_aHodgson, Nancy A
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