Living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias : a manual of resources, references and information

Summary: Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias provides answers to these and other complex questions, as caregivers struggle to understand behaviour and provide the best care possible to those with this illness. As the number of persons being diagnosed with dementia continues to rise, there is a growing need for skilled assessment, careful planning and linking with supports. This revised edition is a practical resource with contributions from several experienced authors. It aims to increase our appreciation of the changes associated with dementia and provide a wide range of resources to help health professionals and informal caregivers. Major topic areas include Understanding the Illness, The Occupational Therapy Role and Supporting the Caregiver. There is focused attention on theory and assessment with emphasis on functional performance. Special topics covered include driving and dementia, falls and the use of restraints, highlights of specific approaches to dementia programming and an in-depth examination of ethics and dementia care. It is hoped that this manual, with its many case examples, will be an asset to both formal and informal caregivers. Working together, well-informed caregivers and healthcare professionals can enhance the skills and daily function of persons with dementia thus ensuring the best quality of life possible throughout the progression of the disease.

Record details

ISBN: 9781895437850
ISBN: 1895437857
Physical Description: print
xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

New December 2013.

Supporting nursing program.

Formatted Contents Note:

Understanding the illness -- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias -- Disorders causing dementia -- Epidemiology of dementia -- Alzheimer's disease -- What is alzheimer's disease? -- The progression of alzehimer's disease -- Cuases of alzheimer's disease -- Diagnosis of ADRD -- The continuing abilities of persons with ADRD -- Deficits of persons with ADRD -- Communication -- Communication skills preserved -- Guidelines to communication -- Understanding the person - A systematic approach to managing behaviour -- Basic understanding -- Responsive behaviours -- Systematic framework -- Application to aggressive behaviour associated with an activity of daily living -- The occupational therapy role -- Theories and models of care: Personhood theory and positive person work -- Personhood theory: Nuts, bolts and vision -- Responding to personhood theory: Questions and issues -- Theoretical quandaries -- Theories and models of care: Person-environment-occupation (P-E-O) -- Person-environment-occupation model: Lack of fit -- Person-environment-occupation model: Optimal fit -- Assessment of cognitive impairment and changes in functional performance -- Bottom-up assessment -- Screens -- The mini-mental state exam (MMSE) -- The montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) -- The rowland universal dementia assessment scale (RUDAS) -- Summary of screening tools -- Larger screens and domain specific standardized assessments -- Domain-specific tests -- Top-down assessment -- Standardized tests of occupation and occupational performance -- Assessment in the naturalistic environment -- Structured tests of observation -- Self report/Proxy report -- Summary of occupation and occupational performance assessments -- Occupations, activity and health -- Occupations, ADRD and occupational therapy -- Rehabilitation/Retraining with persons with ADRD -- Why do we do things? -- Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and occupation -- Guidelines for enabling activity engagement -- The activities of daily living -- Using reminiscence as a tool -- Using sensory stimulation as a tool -- Selecting activities -- Resources -- Approaches to dementia programming & the link to occupational therapy -- Montessori-based dementia programming -- Snoezelen/Multisensory stimulation therapy (MSST) -- Driving and dementia -- General information -- How to discuss driving with individuals with dementia and their caregivers -- Assessment and screening -- Reporting requirements/Responsibility -- Driving intervention strategies -- Additional resources -- Supporting the caregiver -- Caregiving as occupation -- Realities, facts and figures of caregiving -- Markets of caregiving -- Caregivers and persons with ADRD: A Canadian perspective -- Unique challenges for the caregiver of the person with ADRD -- Caregiver as client -- Support -- Caregiver education -- Respite -- Future care planning -- Special topics -- Delirium, depression & dementia - The 3D's -- Delirium -- Depression -- Falls and the use of restraints -- Falls -- Restraints -- Further reading -- Ethics and dementia care -- What is ethics? -- Invisible but observable - The nature of values and principles -- Where does 'ethics' come from? -- Ethical awareness -- What's special about health care ethics? -- What's special about ethics in occupational therapy? -- Ethical issues commonly arising in dementia -- Further ethical issues in dementia -- References.