Many thousands of people are diagnosed with dementia each year. Worldwide, the trend is that people are being diagnosed at much earlier stages. In addition, families and friends increasingly provide support to those affected by dementia over a prolonged period. Many people, both including those diagnosed with dementia and those who care for and support them, have an appetite to understand their condition.
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An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice and Social Purpose, 7th Edition
The original Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood was published by Open University Press in 1997.
The editor of this new edition, Dawn Brooker, was mentored by Tom Kitwood. She has drawn together a remarkable group of writers to provide a commentary on Kitwood’s work. This new edition reproduces the original chapters but provides extra content from subject experts to update the book to a contemporary level.
Key features include:
- On being a person
- Dementia as a psychiatric category
- How personhood is undermined
- Personhood maintained
- The experience of dementia
- Improving care: The next step forward
- The caring organization
- Requirements of a caregiver
- The task of cultural transformation
Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered
Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered is intended not only for psychotherapists and counsellors, but for clinicians and families who want to find ways of talking about dementia with the people living with dementia that they care for.
There is little opportunity for people living with dementia to talk about their experiences and what is happening to them. This often makes it harder for them to adjust to, and to accept, the diagnosis. Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered introduces a new and distinctive way of helping people to talk about their dementia. Each of the four sections is augmented with examples from the author’s 30 years of clinical and research experience and offers an accessible approach from mainstream psychotherapeutic and psychological frameworks.
Key features include:
- Emphasising the importance of psychological processes such as loss and threat in the lives of people living with dementia
- Setting out a model of adjustment to dementia and outlining how talking about dementia needs to be tailored to the stage of change
- Outlining the research and clinical evidence underpinning psychotherapy, whether this is delivered to individuals, couples or to groups
- Showing how psychotherapy and counselling can be adapted to accommodate the client’s cognitive changes
Education and Training in Dementia Care: A Person-Centred Approach
In the last twenty years, the evidence-base for how to provide person-centred care for people with dementia has grown significantly. Despite this, until recently there has been little evidence as to how to provide training and education for the dementia workforce.
This book provides an evidence-based, practical resource for people intending to develop, deliver, review, or commission education and training for the dementia workforce.
Throughout the book:
- Considers the importance of informal routes and mechanisms for
workforce development - Examines the importance of context and setting conditions for
successful implementation of training at individual, service and
organisational level - Contains up-to-date international research evidence, case studies
and vignettes
Dementia and Ethics Reconsidered
Ethical issues are involved in every decision that is made in connection with someone living with dementia – from decisions about care and treatment to decisions about research and funding.
This book encourages the reader to reconsider ethics in dementia care with the use of ‘patterns of practice’, an innovative idea developed by the author. The book highlights the importance of understanding the person’s narrative, of good communication, high quality care, and expert interpretation of the meaning of situations for people living with dementia.
This book:
- Reviews ethical theories and approaches in connection with dementia care
- Considers issues such as such as stigma, quality of life, personhood, and citizenship in relation to dementia
- Looks at issues relevant to research ethics
- Presents case vignettes to highlight a complete spectrum of ethical issues that arise in dementia care
- Is accessibly written for multiple audiences – from people living with dementia to practitioners
Praise for the series
View our webinar: Talking with Dementia, Reconsidered: A Journey of Collaboration and Innovation in Dementia Care
Discover:
- Behind-the-scenes insights: Learn about the collaborative process that led to the creation of this landmark resource in the field of Dementia context of the Reconsidering Dementia Series.
- Expert perspectives: Hear from Dr. Keith Oliver, a leading advocate for dementia living with the condition, and Reinhard Gus, a renowned clinical psychologist.
- Firsthand accounts: Gain insights from individuals living with dementia.
- Best practices: Discover practical strategies for improving dementia care.
- This webinar offers a unique opportunity to learn from experts and gain a deeper understanding of dementia care.
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