Communication Skills for Effective Dementia Care
Communication Skills for Effective Dementia Care
Summary
This practical book teaches the communication skills healthcare staff need in their daily interactions with people with dementia. It sets out the authors' CAIT (Communication and Interaction Training) framework and features chapters on appropriate touch, communication with people with late stage dementia and recent national guidelines and research.
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Communication Skills for Effective Dementia Care by Ian Andrew James
Effective communication is critical for everyone, and this insightful book teaches the skills needed by healthcare staff in their day-to-day interactions with people with dementia and their families. Often when people with dementia exhibit behaviour that challenges, it is an indication that their needs are not being met. The authors illustrate the key aspects of communication for the development of a skilled and confident workforce, capable of providing thoroughly effective care that reduces levels of agitation in people with dementia. The first six chapters describe the CAIT (Communication and Interaction Training) framework established by the authors. This is followed by chapters contributed by experts on the Positive Care Approach™, appropriate touch and communication with people in the late stages of dementia. Accessible and practical, it will help caregivers develop and articulate existing skills as well as gain new ones, allowing them to overcome the challenges faced when caring for people with dementia.This is a timely welcome text urgently anticipated since completion of a ten year programme on the management of dementia-related behavioural symptoms that cause distress. A must read! -- Esme Moniz-Cook, Professor of Psychology Ageing & Dementia Care Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health & Social Work, University of Hull
Ian Andrew James is Lead for the Behaviour Support Services in Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Campus for Ageing and Vitality, and Honorary Professor at University of Bradford, UK.
Laura Gibbons is the Principal Coordinator and Trainer for the CAIT project in Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT, and an Occupational Therapist working at the Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785926235 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785926233 |
| Title | Communication Skills for Effective Dementia Care |
| Author | Ian Andrew James |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Year published | 2019-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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