This innovative care program blends nursing care and meaningful activities to promote peaceful and relaxing end-of-life experiences for older adults with late-stage dementia. The first program created specifically for this hardest-to-serve population, Namaste Care also meets the latest regulatory guidelines for person-centered activity ......
The imperative to make healthcare care services more person centred is hampered by leaders and providers who are stuck in old management paradigms. Nancy Fox takes you through real-life experiences and succinct, powerful lessons in human, social, and organisational behaviour to teach the skills needed for sustaining high-performing caring ......
This mind-stimulating book offers tools and resources to strengthen mental functioning. Targeted brain fitness activities work to exercise many areas of cognition, such as memory, attention, focus, visual-spatial processing, and sequencing. These activities are fun - and appropriately challenging. And just like any good workout, the benefits ......
America has an aging challenge. As baby boomers enter advanced age, the shortfalls of our current care delivery systems are increasingly clear. If nothing changes, we are woefully unprepared for a world with more older adults than ever before.
It is widely acknowledged that today's dementia care needs improving, so what is holding it back? Dementia consultant Anne Ellett draws on her extensive experience in nursing homes and assisted living communities to explore answers to this question and guide professionals to real-life solutions. Filled with examples from care communities ......
Welcome to Dagmarsminde, an innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care. The founder and staff of this replicable model strive to help persons with dementia enjoy a rich, normal-feeling life. Following person-centered practices, daily life includes routines focused on good nutrition, contact ......
Insights and Opportunities for a Growing Profession
With the rapid growth of the aging population, the need for geriatric social workers is at an all-time high. This resource for students and practitioners addresses the critical demand head-on by illuminating the many rewards, challenges, and opportunities for social workers to provide counseling, care management, and support to older adults.
Print-and-Go Games and Ideas to Entertain the Brain
Activity staff will love the fun, games, and ideas packed into these CD collections that help excite the brains of young and old alike! Drawn from author Kathy Laurenhue's successful Brain Aerobics Weekly publication, each CD-ROM contains an engaging assortment of original trivia quizzes, exercises in creativity, word games, discussion topics, and ......
Activities for Growth and Expression in Older Adults
Presents activity ideas for encouraging exploration and self-expression in older adults experiencing varying degrees of limitation in mental or physical performance. The goal is to present engaging activities that respect and celebrate each person's lifelong knowledge and experiences.
