Comforting the Confused: Strategies for Managing Dementia

by Stephanie B. Hoffman and Constance A. Platt

Book Overview

"How to comfort? How to help?" are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt--a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826112617
• ISBN13: 9780826112613
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

caregiver

This book is great for the information it contains and suggestions given on caring for the elderly with dememtia or alzheimers. I would definitely recomment this to any family member or caregiver who cares for someone with these issues. Very insightful.

Comforting the Confused

Comforting the Confused provides background information, specific interventions, and teaching aids about communication, dementia, and dementia management issues. Numerous approaches are described for a variety of problem behaviors commonly encountered in working with persons with dementia. The teaching aids include pretests/posttests, learning objectives, case studies, and interactive exercises, all of which could easily be incorporated into classroom or inservice settings. References are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate further study of particular issues. This book belongs in every caregiver's library.