Download or read book Alzheimer s Disease written by Gunhild Waldemar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocketbook summarises the latest understanding of the possible causes of the disease, the methods of diagnosis and assessment, and current management techniques.
Download or read book Framing Age written by Iris Loffeier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ageing populations have gradually become a major concern in many industrialised countries over the past fifty years, drawing the attention of both politics and science. The target of a raft of health and social policies, older people are often identified as a specific, and vulnerable, population. At the same time, ageing has become a specialisation in many disciplines - medicine, sociology, psychology, to name but three – and a discipline of its own: gerontology. This book questions the framing of old age by focusing on the relationships between policy making and the production of knowledge. The first part explores how the meeting of scientific expertise and the politics of old age anchors the construction of both individual and collective relationships to the future. Part II brings to light the many ways in which issues relating to ageing can be instrumentalised and ideologised in several public debate arenas. Part III argues that scientific knowledge itself composes with objectivity, bringing ideologies of its own to the table, and looks at how this impacts discourse about ageing. In the final part, the contributors discuss how the frames can themselves be experienced at different levels of the division of labour, whether it is by people who work on them (legislators or scientists), by people working with them (professional carers) or by older people themselves. Unpacking the political and moral dimensions of scientific research on ageing, this cutting-edge volume brings together a range of multidisciplinary, European perspectives, and will be of use to all those interested in old age and the social sciences.
Download or read book Integrating Health and Social Care Services for Older Persons written by Jenny Billings and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a European consensus on how to integrate health and social care services for the elderly in Europe. The volume is comparative between nine EU member states and is trans-national comprising scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and consultants.
Download or read book Sur le chemin d Alo s written by Simone Brugman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimer ! Un nom qu'on entend de plus en plus.Mais comment faire face lorsqu'un proche est atteint de ce terrible fléau ?Alzheimer. Qu'est ce que c'est ? Quelle attitude adopter avec les malades ? A quoi s'attendre ?Simone Brugman, spécialiste de la maladie depuis une vingtaine d'années, répond à toutes ces questions à travers ce guide, indispensable à ceux qui ont un proche atteint d'Alzheimer, à ceux qui veulent en savoir plus.
Download or read book Accompagner la personne atteinte de la maladie d Alzheimer un stade avanc written by Jacinthe Grisé and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La 4e de couverture indique : "Au Québec, en France et ailleurs dans le monde, les milieux gériatriques constatent une augmentation significative du nombre de personnes atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer. À domicile ou en hébergement, les proches aidants et le personnel soignant qui accompagnent les personnes atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer à un stade avancé sont souvent aux prises avec différents problèmes, tels que la communication avec les malades ou la gestion des troubles du comportement. Dans cet ouvrage, l’auteure présente les symptômes de la maladie, suggère de maintenir le plus longtemps possible le dialogue à l’aide de la communication non verbale et propose diverses façons d’améliorer les conditions de vie de la personne atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer à un stade avancé."
Download or read book Accompagner la personne atteinte de la maladie d Alzheimer written by Jacinthe Grisé and published by Presses de l'Université Laval. This book was released on 2014-05-29T00:00:00-04:00 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Au Québec, en France et ailleurs dans le monde, les milieux gériatriques constatent une augmentation significative du nombre de personnes atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer. À domicile ou en hébergement, les proches aidants et le personnel soignant qui accompagnent les personnes atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer à un stade avancé sont souvent aux prises avec différents problèmes, tel que la communication avec les malades ou la gestion des troubles du comportement. Dans cet ouvrage, l’auteure présente les symptômes de la maladie, suggère de maintenir le plus longtemps possible le dialogue à l’aide de la communication non verbale et propose diverses façons d’améliorer les conditions de vie de la personne atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer à un stade avancé.
Download or read book D mence et projet de vie written by Cécile Delamarre and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce livre ouvre la voie à la possibilité d'un regard différent et personnel sur les adultes âgés atteints d'une maladie neurodégénérative appelée " démence ", qu'elle soit de type Alzheimer ou autre. Écrit dans la perspective de partager ce regard et une méthode avec tous ceux qui accompagnent ces adultes âgés " déments " à titre professionnel ou familial, le propos de l'ouvrage est le plus global et le plus concret possible. L'auteur propose : des données neurophysiologiques et psychologiques ; des réflexions et des questions sur le poids du regard que nous portons sur ces personnes et sur la nature de ce que nous leur proposons dans les liens que nous établissons avec elles ; des réflexions sur le pouvoir personnel et l'autonomie ; des propositions concrètes sur la façon d'intégrer le projet de vie de ces personnes dans le projet institutionnel. À travers ces réflexions, il sera question de sens. Sens de nos interventions (que signifie accompagner ces personnes au quotidien et pourquoi ?) ; mais aussi sens de la vie : la démence nous renvoie sans cesse à des questionnements qui touchent à l'essence même de notre humanité. Enfin, parce que l'accompagnement se construit au quotidien et dans l'échange, l'auteur nous invite à le faire ensemble par le biais d'un blog interactif : www.demenceetprojetdevie.com
Download or read book Vivere e Curare la Vecchiaia Nel Mondo written by Antonio Guerci and published by ERGA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research MacCAT CR written by Paul S. Appelbaum and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MacCAT-CR provides a structured format for capacity assessment that is adaptable to the particulars of any given research project. With the introduction of the MacCAT-CR, researchers enrolling human participants in their studieshave available for the first time a reliable and valid means of assessing their potential subject's capacity to consent to participation. The MacCAT-CR can typically be administered in 15-20 minutes. Beginning with project-specific disclosures to potential participants, the MacCAT-CR measures the four generally accepted components of decision-making competence: understanding, appreciation, reasoning, and the ability to express a choice. Quantification of subjects' responses permits comparisons across subjects and subject groups, and allows the MacCAT-CR to be used for not only for screening individual participants but also for conducting research on the characteristics of subject populations and for assessing the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase subjects' capacities.
Download or read book Accompagner les personnes atteintes de la maladie d Alzheimer written by Fondation Médéric Alzheimer (Paris) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Looking into Later Life written by Rachael Davenhill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book belongs to a long tradition at the Tavistock Clinic of work focused on the mental and emotional well-being of the elderly. It applies psychoanalytic thinking to areas that have generally attracted very little sustained attention over the years.
Download or read book D mence et projet de vie written by Cécile Delamarre and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un million de personnes dépendantes d'ici 2020. Face à cette situation, l'auteure affirme que les besoins ne s'évaluent pas uniquement en termes d'établissements et de financements. Elle montre l'importance d'amorcer une réflexion sur la relation à l'autre et décrit les processus neurophysiologiques impliqués dans la démence. [Ed.].
Download or read book Understanding Brain Aging and Dementia written by Lawrence J. Whalley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life course method compares an individual's long-life and late-life behaviors to gauge one's mental decay. Arguing the life course approach is the best and simplest model for tracking mental development, Lawrence J. Whalley unlocks the mysteries of brain functionality, illuminating the processes that affect the brain during aging, the causes behind these changes, and effective coping strategies. Whalley identifies the genetic factors that determine the pace of aging and the behaviors, starting in childhood, that influence how we age. Through vignettes, charts, and tables, he composes an accessible book for patients, family members, and caretakers struggling to make sense of a complex experience.
Download or read book Dementia written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health approach and to advocate for action at international and national levels.
Download or read book Healing Gardens written by Clare Cooper Marcus and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the healing qualities of nature have been recognized and relied on for centuries as a valuable part of convalescence, recent history has seen nature's therapeutic role virtually eclipsed by the technological dominance of modern medicine. As the twentieth century comes to a close and the medical community reacknowledges the importance of the environment to recovery, the healing garden is emerging as a supplement to drug- or technology-based treatments. Healing Gardens celebrates this renewed interest in nature as a catalyst for healing and renewal by examining the different therapeutic benefits of healing gardens and offering essential design guidance from experts in the field. Unique and comprehensive, Healing Gardens provides up-to-date coverage of research findings, relevant design principles and approaches, and best practice examples of different types of healing gardens. It begins by exploring what current research reveals about the connection between nature, human stress reduction, and medical outcomes. It then presents case studies and design guidelines for outdoor spaces in medical settings that include general, psychiatric, and children's hospitals as well as hospices, nursing homes, and Alzheimer's facilities. Historical information, literature reviews, and studies on use are included for each type of outdoor space covered, offering important insights into what works in healing gardens-and what doesn't. Generously supplemented with photographs, site plans, anecdotes, and more, Healing Gardens is an invaluable practical guide for landscape architects and others involved in creating and maintaining medical facilities, and an extremely useful reference for those responsible for patient care. A unique and comprehensive look at the therapeutic effects and design of healing gardens For more and more people, the shortest road to recovery is the one that leads through a healing garden. Combining up-to-date information on the therapeutic benefits of healing gardens with practical design guidance from leading experts in the field, Healing Gardens is an important resource for landscape architects and others working in this emerging area. With the help of site plans, photographs, and more, it presents design guidelines and case studies for outdoor spaces in a range of medical settings, including: * Acute care general hospitals. * Psychiatric hospitals. * Children's hospitals. * Nursing homes. * Alzheimer's facilities. * Hospices.
Download or read book Evolution Des Soins Domicile Et la Fragilit Financi re Des Femmes written by Marika Morris and published by Condition féminine Canada. This book was released on 1999 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women form the majority of home care recipients, home care personnel, and persons responsible for care of the elderly, disabled, or ill family members. Home care policies and practices thus have a significant and varied impact on women's lives. This research builds on previous studies that show women's roles as unpaid & underpaid care-givers contribute to the income gap between women & men. It also examines whether current home care policies & practices have any impact on women's vulnerability to poverty. The research involved interviews with home care recipients, agencies, paid workers, and informal family care-givers; interviews with experts, representatives of home care organizations, and federal government officials; and a national literature review on women & home care. Issues discussed include gender stereotypes, wages, health & safety risks, home care funding, provision of support, worker training, and services to special groups & rural areas. Recommendations are made toward achieving the goals of development of a holistic approach to health care and implementation of commitments to gender equality.
