3,025円 The truly inspirational account of living positively with dementia. Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia by campai...

4,983円 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people often face unique challenges as they grow older. It is vital that those providing them with care and support understand their needs, wishes and experiences. This book demonstrates how biographical approaches can increase understanding about the...

4,450円 The restraint of older people is a pressing issue for health and social care practice. This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint. The book provides an overview of the different forms of restraint, the conditio...

1,075円 'A lovely read.' - Good Housekeeping. 'You know, Deric - ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half an hour than a fortnight of ordinary rain in a month.' Deric Longden's mum was a wonderfully endearing, eccentric lady whose passions ranged from pot plants and her beloved pussycats to But...

1,957円 Meet Nikolai - a man with Parkinson's disease. Nikolai invites readers to learn about Parkinson's from his perspective, helping them to understand how Parkinson's affects his daily life and why some tasks can be especially challenging for him. He also gives advice on how to help someone with Park...

6,586円 This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an important new chapter on death, dying and bereavement has been added. Providing a comprehensive overview of t...

4,983円 Health and social care practitioners are increasingly called upon to provide care to elderly people from a number of different faiths and cultures. This collection of essays examines ageing in the context of the many faiths and cultures that make up Western society, and provides carers with the k...

1,650円 What would happen if The Unthinkable blindsided you requiring everything be put on hold to become a full time caregiver for a loved one? At the very least it would reshape your life. Without a survival guide it could even destroy it. Barb Owen delivers precisely that survival guide in NORMAL Does...

2,500円 In 1994, Marcia Oliver MSPT, found a heartwarming niche she loved and that loved her back . . . until she began to understand that some unethical physical therapists where cheating their home health patients out of the time and treatment that Medicare was paying for! Home care physical therapy pa...

330円 Careless Caregivers is not a planner or guide to eldercare nor is it a diary or journal relating an eldercare odyssey. Rather, it is a short collection of true stories about one family’s eldercare experience with hired in-home caregivers. Told in a blunt and humorous fashion, the book has a simpl...

1,192円 Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their though...

150円 One woman's journey through the care giving and death of a loved one as told in a daily journal. This story depicts the actual hospice care and guidance given throughout this personal journey. A must read for anyone that makes the decision to bring a loved one home to die.