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Book review Care-giving in Dementia Research and Applications Volume 4 Reviewed by: Enid Jones Nurse Lecturer, School of Healthcare Sciences, University of Wales Bangor Miesen BML and Jones GMM (Eds) (2006) London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group ISBN: Hardback: 978 1 58391 190 7 Paperback: 978 1 58391 191 4 This book represents a signiï¬cant contribution to caring for persons with dementia, in itâs evaluation of several theories and models, and approaches to assessment and management strategies. Signiï¬cant changes in care approaches are identiï¬ed, and the reasons for these changes and implications for care are discussed throughout, giving the reader a better understanding of exactly where we are now, in terms of appropriate care for persons with dementia. Traditionally, people with dementia were treated as âdelusionalâ, and their communications labelled as ânonsenseâ, with carers being urged to ignore what they said and to aim to re-orientate them to reality by reminders about things such as, where they are and what is happening. However, recent research discussed in this book questions assumptions about delusion in dementia, and attributes the so-called nonsense communication to the product of complex interactions between perception and decreased memory, attention, logical reasoning
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Published: Jun 1, 2007
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