Main description:

This book is invaluable to nurses and all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia in a variety of contexts. It presents a series of true-to-life case studies tackling the ethical and practical dilemmas of dementia care and how to use theoretical approaches to come to potential solutions.

The content is relevant and aims to be of considerable interest to students and non-registered practitioners, as well as recently qualified and more experienced nurses. The reader is encouraged to explore evidence-based approaches to practice, based on the professional reasoning and experience of the practitioner and the emotional psychological and practical needs of the person living with dementia. Key themes running through case studies are effective communication, person-centred practice, social citizenship, strengths-based approaches and relationship-focused support, as well as organisational culture.

Each case study provides readers with opportunities to experience and discuss clinical dilemmas in a safe space with an annotated thinking-aloud framework that allows them to unpack the elements of each situation so as to develop a range of solution-focused perspectives in order to overcome barriers and deliver best practice. This combines theory and practice as readers learn to apply these theoretical frameworks in a solution-focused way.

Contents:

Introduction

Background

1. Olive - "The missing peace"

2. Harpreet - "A moveable feast"

3. Abdullah - "Hear no evil?"

4. Michael - "Of Mike and men"

5. Abeni - "Killing me softly"

6. Nadia - "Fare's fair"

7. Tom - "Me and my girl"

8. Margaret - "Pilgrim's progress"

9. Rose - "By any other name"

10. Zachariah - "Blind man's bluff"

11. Meera - "There is no dementia"

12. Brenda - "Forgotten not forgiven"

13. Tim - "Fizzicality"

14. Ilene - "In sickness and in health"

15. Tony - "See no evil"

Conclusion