Engaging and Communicating with People Who Have Dementia
An Evolution of Meaning, Understanding and Public Perception
$104.91
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2013
Summary
Keep people with dementia fully engaged in daily life and help them maximise remaining functional skills by tapping into their innate abilities and interests. Engaging and Communicating with People Who Have Dementia is a trove of advice on how to identify people’s strengths and preferences and then use this knowledge to improve activity programming, communication, and functional independence.Individualising activities, interactions, or interventions at any moment of the day is made easy with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781938870033 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1938870034 |
| Author: | Eileen Eisner |
| Publisher: | Health Professions Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Health Professions Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 253mm x 179mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Eileen Eisner
Michael L. Wehmeyer, Ph.D. is Professor of Special Education,Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities,and Senior Scientist, Beach Center on Disability, all at the University of Kansas, USA. He has published more than 25 books and 250 scholarly articles and book chapters on topics related to self-determination, special education, intellectual disability, and eugenics. He is co-author of the widely used textbook Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today s Schools, published by Merrill/Prentice Hall, now in its 7th Edition. His most recent book, co-authored with J. David Smith, is Good Blood, Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks, published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD).
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