Overview
- Serves as a guide to patient-centered care for the unique needs of dementia patients
- Valuable resource for interprofessional staff
- Includes graphics, case studies, assessment samples, care plans, and a wide array of helpful clinical tools
- Written by experts in the field
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About this book
This book approaches dementia by reviewing cognitive and functional assessments to provide a more accurate diagnosis, which then allows physicians to design specific interventions that are tailored to the person and their challenges. Because person centered care is vital to quality of life and longevity to an aging patient, this understanding of individual needs is vital.
Written by experts in the field,this book incorporates the latest evidence-based behavioral interventions matched to specific deficits. Behavioral management focuses not on controlling behavior, but using it to teach staff and caregivers how to interpret common actions and maximize function for people with major neurocognitive disorders. Quality of life and individualized care planning will be the theme and the book will provide practical case examples.
The book begins by introducing dementia and other neurocognitive illnesses, contextualizing them both historically and contemporarily. Next, the text focuses on the comprehensive assessment of a person with neurocognitive challenges in order to identify strengths and understand what the person is trying to communicate with their behavior. This process allows individualized care planning and behavioral (non-pharmacologic) management to meet the cognitive challenges and maximize individual strengths and thereby improve outcomes, makingthis a cutting edge resource.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Medical director
Providence ElderPlace
Sarah Foidel OTD, OTR/L
Pacific University, Oregon
Assistant Professor
School of Occupational Therapy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders
Book Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient-Centered Care
Editors: Maureen Nash, Sarah Foidel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11268-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11267-7Published: 08 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11268-4Published: 27 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 239
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Psychiatry, Primary Care Medicine, Nursing