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* What are the issues underpinning the trend towards innovation in the community care of older people?* What is the nature of that innovation: how is it experienced by older people …
Recently, professional understanding of dementia has broadened and has opened up new thinking about how we can provide more imaginative, responsive and 'person-centred' services …
Health promotion makes an important contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the health and well-being of older people. This new book focuses on a range of issues which …
How are individuals and society ageing towards the end of the twentieth century?How can different disciplines help us to understand the ageing process?What are the key developments …
* If most older people want to remain in their own homes, then why does residential care persist?The authors of this timely book set out to answer this pressing question and offer …
*Why do many older people rate their health as good when 'objective' evidence suggests that old age is a time of inevitable decline and disease?*How do different perspectives on …
“This book is a must read for those wanting to understand, design and improve our approach to workforce knowledge in dementia care.”Paul Edwards, Director of Clinical Services, …
Ageing has traditionally been seen as ubiquitous decline - all 'doom and gloom'. The Psychology of Growing Old challenges this view and shows how our own attitudes and values may …
Ageism has appeared in the media increasingly over the last twenty years.What is it?How are we affected?How does it relate to services for older people?This book builds bridges …
This book argues that communication is at the heart of all approaches to dementia care, and is an in-depth exploration of ways of establishing and developing communication with …