Dementia in Close-Up

by Miesen,Bere

• ISBN13: 9780415128858
• ISBN10: 0415128854
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-12-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.Bere Miesen assumes no medical or specialist knowledge and uses first hand accounts and real-life examples to examiners on patterns of behaviour and responses of sufferersand their carers. He focuses on the complex and varied relationships between the sufferer, their family and professional carers, and explores the conflict that can sometimes be engendered by dependency, fear and sustained closeness.Going beyond the purely medical descriptions of dementia, Dementia in Close-Up strives to give families and health professionals the means to form caring and rewarding relationships and to help everyone involved.

Table of Contents

Introduction

If only I had known that

What does dementia involve?

Seeking a handhold

In search of safety

Families and a `missing' person

Summary of Part One

Working with dementia sufferers

A look at how family members first notice dementia

From working to caring

Adoption

Power

Transference and Counter-Transference

Intimacy and Sexuality

Aggression

A basis for tommorow

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