Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780091901806
ISBN: 0091901804
Label: Vermilion
Manufacturer: Vermilion
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: August 07, 2008
Publisher: Vermilion
Studio: Vermilion

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Rating: - Deb carer
If you can't get to the excellent carer training courses run by the charity SPECAL, then this book is the next best thing.

Even as the condition is deteriorating I keep using the methods to help me tune into my mother's finest times and qualities. They do work and I feel better for the connection.

It depends on the individual's life history but the basic idea is to give the person reassuring cues and see life from their perspective. It is goes beyond simple distraction ... Read More

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Rating: - Contented Demetia
I am a Manager for a domicillary care agency in Thurrock we have a lot of Service Users in the community with dementia, whom i feel would benefit from care staff having the insight from this book, which in turn would benefit the Service Users as in "Contented Dementia".

Well what can I say I couldn't put this book down, what a book.......very informative, educational, what a learning process.The "who you are about to meet" letter what an insight: I am thinking of putting one of these ... Read More

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Rating: - Contented dementia - Specal Sense
On reading this book both my sister and I experienced a sense of calm. Someone finally understood our experience and offered a positive solution, not in the sense of a cure but in that we could alter our behaviour and reactions in a way that would positively assist our mother and ultimately ourselves. It is hard to love repetition and to desist interrupting, correcting and prompting memory recall. Harder still not to ask questions; how are you, what would you like, have you eaten etc.... and to pass ... Read More

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Rating: - Coping Strategies Help Carers Get Some Relief
I saw an article on this book and sent it to a relative who went out and bought the book--his view is that it has made his life so much easier and the person he is caring for is so much happier and less stressed. He brought it to me when I was doing some respite care for him, and I found it enormously useful. Although some of what it recommends is what I was doing from trial and error, and although it cannot halt deterioration(and clearly states this), the practical tips make caring for a sufferer ... Read More

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Rating: - one size can't fit all
The claims made for this book are far too wide and the best bits of the approach are not new. For instance it is now widely known that you should not argue with someone with dementia who has become lost in time and space, but "go with the flow". (Reorientation only works in the early stages, and with great respect and tact). This approach will not work in later stages, as seen in the documentary Malcolm and Barbara. This approach will not prevent people who survive eventually having severe brain damage ... Read More

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