Main description:

This comprehensive guide provides an integrated account of palliative care in dementia, outlining common problems and difficulties faced by those with dementia and their carers. It applies a palliative care approach to understanding, assessing and minimising the impact of a comprehensive range of distressing psychiatric symptoms, co-morbidities, and social and psychological distress related to dementia.The emphasis throughout the book is on the individual with dementia and their carers, and promotes a multi-service approach to care in order to reduce suffering and improve autonomy.

Contents:

Dementia - The Hidden Epidemic. End Stage Dementia - Current Issues. Living with End Stage Dementia - First Hand Experience. Palliative Care Principles applied to Dementia. Forearmed - Preparing for the Impact of Dementia. The Caring Environment. Assessing Psychiatric Symptoms in End Stage Dementia. Managing Psychiatric Symptoms in End Stage Dementia. Managing Physical Illness. Managing Physical Symptoms. Pain Assessment and Management. Supporting Carers. The Financial and Social impact of Caring in End Stage Dementia. End of Life Care. Living and Dying with Dementia in Dignity.