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Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia
Habib Chaudhury
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Description for Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia
Paperback. Chaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia. Num Pages: 144 pages, 35, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; MBP; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Research has shown that stimulating early memories can have positive effects for persons with dementia or related disorders and can energize the relationships between such persons and their families, friends, and caregivers. Remembering Home emphasizes the importance of home in the lives of memory-challenged adults, offers insight into the richness and variety of life experiences associated with the idea of home, and suggests ways in which caregivers can encourage reminiscences to improve the quality of life for those with dementia or associated diseases. This volume advances the goals of affirming the dignity of and reinforcing personhood in ... Read more
Research has shown that stimulating early memories can have positive effects for persons with dementia or related disorders and can energize the relationships between such persons and their families, friends, and caregivers. Remembering Home emphasizes the importance of home in the lives of memory-challenged adults, offers insight into the richness and variety of life experiences associated with the idea of home, and suggests ways in which caregivers can encourage reminiscences to improve the quality of life for those with dementia or associated diseases. This volume advances the goals of affirming the dignity of and reinforcing personhood in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801888274
SKU
V9780801888274
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About Habib Chaudhury
Habib Chaudhury teaches gerontology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. His research interests are memories of place and self in aging, seniors' housing, design in dementia care, and design for active older adults. He serves as a design research consultant for senior housing, residential care, and dementia care facilities and is the coeditor of Home and Identity in Late Life. ... Read more
Reviews for Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia
Exceptionally well written and provides both an informed and compelling argument for selfhood affirming care and a practical guide on enriching the practices of residential care facilities.
George S. Alexopoulous, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2009 Every long-term-care facility should make it available to staff members. Highly recommended. Choice 2009 Accessibe, and engaging... Remembering Home is predominantly geared towards ... Read more
George S. Alexopoulous, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2009 Every long-term-care facility should make it available to staff members. Highly recommended. Choice 2009 Accessibe, and engaging... Remembering Home is predominantly geared towards ... Read more