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Comforting the Confused: Strategies for Managing Dementia, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stephanie B. Hoffman, Constance A. Platt
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1279132
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0826112617
Dewey Decimal Number: 362
EAN: 9780826112613
ASIN: 0826112617
Publication Date: March 24, 2000
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Product Description
"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 voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregivers should be encouraged to emphasize non-verbal aspects of their communication throughout their daily care of the demented. Hoffman and Platt provide research-based, practical guidelines for communicating with dementia patients and offer strategies for responding to depression, aggression, wandering, and other behavioral problems. New to the Second edition are chapters addressing:
- Feeding strategies
- Falls and Use of Mechanical Restraints
- Special Care Units
- Dying and Grieving
Each chapter features learning objectives, a pretest, a posttest, and learning exercises. The book is a valuable tool for inservice training and a practical resource for professionals.
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Comforting the Confused February 17, 2001
Mary J. Dyck (Normal, IL USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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