Main description:

The process of dementia makes the experience of day-to-day living an acute challenge. This could be mediated with educated and timely inputs and the caring contract negotiated to preserve both dignity and quality of life. The premise of the adaptive response model is that armed with the knowledge of human systems and their ability to adapt and adjust and with a firm application and emphasis on person-centred approaches to dementia care then the experience can be enhanced and living with one of the dementias can be made less traumatic. This holistic approach proposes a method of using environmental and social psychology to maximise function in the individual and to minimise the negative and destructive elements of the perceived and real environment.

Contents:

245 x 171mm, 248pp Paperback: ISBN 978-0-86388-812-0 ORDER CODE D11-002-5727 GBP36.99 Preface iv About the author ix Introduction 1 1 What is dementia? Th e biological domain 5 2 What is dementia? Th e psychological and social domains 43 3 Modern contexts of dementia care 75 4 Stress and adaptive responses 91 5 Adaptive response: the original essay 103 6 Stress: concepts, considerations, appraisal and stress thresholds 133 7 Manipulating the social environment 161 8 Manipulating the built environment 191 References 217 Index 225