This chapter explores a range of options that can be employed in the care of those with dementia in residential aged care. It focuses on the idea that care should never be generic and should focus on the needs of the individual person with dementia...
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Dementia Nursing |
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In this chapter, ways of coping when the other person either won’t or can’t speak are suggested. Advice and guidance is always given through the author’s experience with her own mother who had Alzheimer’s...
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Keeping in Touch |
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Prelims: Foreword, Contents, Acknowledgments, A Note on the Use of Terms and Introduction
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Keeping in Touch |
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This chapter explains in depth numerous ideals and realities of caring in a nursing home and lays a foundation for the other chapters in the book...
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Living Dying Caring |
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 7 PEG Nutrition; Appendix 8: Wandering
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care |
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 5: Stomal Care;
Appendix 6: Leg Ulcer Management
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care |
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care |
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 1: Faecal Incontinence;
Appendix 2: Behavioural Management
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Nursing Documentation in Aged Care |
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Living Dying Caring |
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter wrestles with the complexity of documentation; the official record is discussed, both as a narrative and as a communication tool. Also explored is the issue of appropriate resources being provided to enhance the dying resident’s care...
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter demonstrates the importance of recognising each resident in their unique, historical, cultural context. The stories included also reveal the place of ritual in encouraging residents to celebrate life in its fullness...
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter shows some gaps in the care of dying residents. Reflection on these episodes of care highlights the importance of clear communication among all carers...
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter is about families and how they visit, when they visit, and if they visit at all. The stories that are included highlight the dilemma of some families when the primary reason for visiting the nursing home is gone - when the resident has died..
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter provides examples of significant relationships formed when the doctor, the chaplain, the volunteer, the student and the activities staff are included in the team...
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter explores the complexity of communal life, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for residents, their families and carers who find themselves in a community not necessarily of their own choosing...
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Living Dying Caring |
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This chapter focuses on the resident’s lived experience in its complexity; encompassing cultural, temporal and social relationship factors...
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Living Dying Caring |
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In this chapter, learn about the importance of leisure and how to undertake simple activities that can improve the quality of life of dementia patients...
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| Book Title: |
Dementia Nursing |
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21 |
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