Download or read book Dementia Friendly Communities written by Susan McFadden and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating dementia-friendly communities can give people with dementia the chance to continue meaningful lives with reciprocal personal relationships. Underpinning successful dementia-friendly communities is an awareness of people with dementia as active citizens and the importance of supporting engagement in community life. This book offers an overview of the dementia-friendly communities movement, showing the many benefits of this approach. It describes community initiatives from across the globe, such as Dementia Friends, memory cafes, and creative engagement with the arts through organizations like TimeSlips. This compassionate book tells another story about dementia, away from negative stereotypes. This alternative approach claims people can retain a sense of dignity, hold onto hope, sustain meaningful relationships, and live with a sense of purpose with support from their communities.
Download or read book 10 Helpful Hints for Dementia Friendly Communities written by Dementia Services Development Centre and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North Carolina Dementia Friendly Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Staying in Life written by Verena Rothe and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being ›taken care of‹. There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures. What can we do to create spaces where we can stay in life - rather than just staying alive? How can we turn the individual environments of people with and without dementia into ›places of human warmth‹? In Germany, initiatives attempting to answer these questions are on the rise: Committed individuals from politics, art, churches, social and volunteer work etc. are creatively working towards dementia-friendly communities. In this book, three authors, intimately familiar with the topic, explore initial movements, obstacles, and first approaches.
Download or read book Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America written by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the largest generation in U.S. history - the population born in the two decades immediately following World War II - enters the age of risk for cognitive impairment, growing numbers of people will experience dementia (including Alzheimer's disease and related dementias). By one estimate, nearly 14 million people in the United States will be living with dementia by 2060. Like other hardships, the experience of living with dementia can bring unexpected moments of intimacy, growth, and compassion, but these diseases also affect people's capacity to work and carry out other activities and alter their relationships with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. Those who live with and care for individuals experiencing these diseases face challenges that include physical and emotional stress, difficult changes and losses in their relationships with life partners, loss of income, and interrupted connections to other activities and friends. From a societal perspective, these diseases place substantial demands on communities and on the institutions and government entities that support people living with dementia and their families, including the health care system, the providers of direct care, and others. Nevertheless, research in the social and behavioral sciences points to possibilities for preventing or slowing the development of dementia and for substantially reducing its social and economic impacts. At the request of the National Institute on Aging of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America assesses the contributions of research in the social and behavioral sciences and identifies a research agenda for the coming decade. This report offers a blueprint for the next decade of behavioral and social science research to reduce the negative impact of dementia for America's diverse population. Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America calls for research that addresses the causes and solutions for disparities in both developing dementia and receiving adequate treatment and support. It calls for research that sets goals meaningful not just for scientists but for people living with dementia and those who support them as well. By 2030, an estimated 8.5 million Americans will have Alzheimer's disease and many more will have other forms of dementia. Through identifying priorities social and behavioral science research and recommending ways in which they can be pursued in a coordinated fashion, Reducing the Impact of Dementia in America will help produce research that improves the lives of all those affected by dementia.
Download or read book A Tool Kit for Building Dementia friendly Communities written by Wisconsin Healthy Brain Initiative and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tool kit is a resource guide for individual s and community leaders who are interested in creating a dementia-friendly community initiative.
Download or read book A Tool Kit for Building Dementia friendly Communities written by Wisconsin Healthy Brain Initiative and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tool kit is a resource guide for individual s and community leaders who are interested in creating a dementia-friendly community initiative.
Download or read book Words for a Journey The Art of Being with Dementia written by Takashi Iba and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many with dementia who are living well. They have not given up everything in their lives just because they have the disease. It is a fact that you will have to make some changes in your lifestyle once you have been diagnosed with dementia; but try looking at it this way: if you are going to have to make changes, why not make good ones? Think of it as the start of a new journey: a journey to live well with dementia.This book provides positive, practical hints for living well with dementia. Each hint describes a "context" that people with dementia and the people around experience and a "problem" that is commonly associated with the situation. Following this, a "solution" on how to cope with the problem is described.These hints were determined through interviews, meaning that there are people are living well with dementia by using this knowledge. By sharing these wisdoms with a broad audience, our hope is to make everyone's life with dementia better.
Download or read book A Look Into Public Outreach and Intervention to Create Dementia Friendly Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The complications associated with dementia are among the leading causes of death for older adults, impacting over 5.8 million people in the United States. It is on the incline and is expected to double, affecting 13.9 million people by 2060. This has a severe impact on older adults, their families, and the overall community. Increasing awareness and education for dementia can aid in furthering community support while increasing empathy towards individuals with dementia. Community programs and interventions have been utilized in the past to assist in increasing awareness for other mental health disorders, diseases, and for marginalized/vulnerable groups of people. One method is through utilizing these means of community outreach and awareness interventions. Implementing interventions such as virtual reality simulations of dementia symptoms as well as educational/empathy building techniques like Feil Validation theory have been used in the past to assist in increasing health professional awareness and empathy for dementia. However, these forms of interventions have not been used significantly with community members outside of those in the health profession who interact with individuals with dementia more consistently in cafes, restaurants, and other common community settings. The purpose of this study is to examine pretest attitudes towards dementia with community employee participants, provide an intervention through a virtual reality experience of dementia accompanied with Validation training to participants, to allow participants an opportunity to implement/interact with caregivers and those diagnosed with dementia, and to measure posttest attitudes about ADRD (Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia)"--Page 6.
Download or read book Age and Dementia Friendly Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The population is aging, not only in the United States, but also globally. As the Baby Boomers turn 65 years of age, America is experiencing an aging phenomenon it has never before seen. The Alzheimer’s Association (2015) estimates that the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease will reach 7.1 million (40% more than shown in prior estimates) by 2025, and by 2050, the number may triple to 13.8 million. A major shift in the demographics and growing health care and social needs of those aging will have major impacts on the economy, workforce, housing, health care system, social services, and civic institutions (Wilder Research 2015). There is an urgent need to respond to the rapid growth of the aging population and to incorporate age and dementia-friendliness in communities. This study was undertaken to determine if the residents of one small rural community, Fillmore County, Minnesota, perceived their county to be age and dementia-friendly. 22 people responded to a survey questionnaire which included questions about outdoor spaces and public building, transportation, housing, respect and social inclusion, community connectedness, communication and information, public safety and emergency planning, and community support and health services. Findings from this study supported the hypothesis that the residents of Fillmore County perceived their community to be age and dementia-friendly. Participants offered few suggestions on how to better Fillmore County but had little knowledge of the resources available to them. Opportunities exist to educate community members of Fillmore County about needed preparations to support an aging population and existing resources to support the health care and social needs of older adults."--leaf 4.
Download or read book Creating Dementia friendly Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creative Care written by Anne Basting and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven method that uses the creative arts to bring light and joy to the lives of elders. In Creative Care, Anne Basting lays the groundwork for a widespread transformation in our approach to elder care and uses compelling, touching stories to inspire and guide us all—family, friends, and health professionals—in how to connect and interact with those living with dementia. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Basting tells the story of how she pioneered a radical change in how we interact with our older loved ones. Now used around the world, this proven method has brought light and joy to the lives of elders—and those who care for them. Here, for the first time, everyone can learn these methods. Early in her career, Basting noticed a problem: today’s elderly—especially those experiencing dementia and Alzheimer’s— are often isolated in nursing homes or segregated in elder-care settings, making the final years of life feel lonely and devoid of meaning. To alleviate their sense of aloneness, Basting developed a radical approach that combines methods from the world of theater and improvisation with evidence-based therapies that connect people using their own creativity and imagination. Rooted in twenty-five years of research, these new techniques draw on core creative exercises—such as “Yes, and . . .” and “Beautiful Questions.” This approach fosters storytelling and active listening, allowing elders to freely share ideas and stories without worrying about getting the details “correct.” Basting’s research has shown that these practices stimulate the brain and awaken the imagination to add wonder and awe to patients’ daily lives—and provide them a means of connection, both with the world and with those caring for them. Creative Care promises to bring light and hope to a community that needs it most.
Download or read book Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer s Journey written by Jolene Brackey and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of moments. We are not able to create perfectly wonderful days for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, but we can create perfectly wonderful moments, moments that put a smile on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes. Five minutes later, they will not remember what we did or said, but the feeling that we left them with will linger. The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.
Download or read book Dementia friendly Communities written by David Webster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Caregiver s Guide to Memory Care and Dementia Communities written by Rachael Wonderlin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When is it time to move a person living with dementia into a senior living community? How do you avoid an argument with someone who no longer knows what year it is? What do you do if the person you're caring for has trouble recognizing you? How can you lessen the guilt and anxiety that come with dementia caregiving? All of these questions-and more-are answered in this helpful guide through the difficulties of dementia care. Care partners to those living with dementia will find this book a helpful guide into an unfamiliar and challenging world, and professionals in the industry will come away with dementia knowledge they have not gotten anywhere else"--
Download or read book Creating Dementia friendly Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dementia written by Helle Arendrup Mortensen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
