Living Normally with Dementia

One Care Home's Story and How to Make it Yours
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-938870-99-6
Verlag: Health Professions Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Welcome to Dagmarsminde, an innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care. The founder and staff of this replicable model strive to help persons with dementia enjoy a rich, normal-feeling life. Following person-centered practices, daily life includes routines focused on good nutrition, contact with nature, healthy physical activities, and as much independence in activities of daily living as possible. The needs and progress of each resident are paramount. The approach followed at Dagmarsminde is described from the time a new resident arrives at the home until the person has died, contrasting it with the new standard practices of nursing home care and challenging readers to consider new, more satisfying ways of working with people living with dementia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Altenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Palliativpflege, Sterbebegleitung, Hospiz
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
Introduction to Dagmarsminde
About the Author
Acknowledgments
DedicationPart I. The Rehabilitating and Stabilizing Phase
- The Move: Crossing the Threshold to a New Life
- Aesthetics: Balancing the Mind with DÉcor
- The Craft of Nursing: Good Judgment and Hands-on Care
- The Call to Service: The Selfless Workplace
- Tapering Off Medication: Purification and Stability
- Exercise: Active Residents Seize the Day
- Assistive Devices for Mobility
- Working with Energies: A Dynamic Balance
- The Circadian Rhythm: Open-eyed Residents
- The Routine: Together from Morning till Night
- Sanatorium Practices
- The Great Outdoors: Sensing at the Highest Level
- Nourishing Body and Mind
- Continuing Family Traditions
- Under Observation: Looking After the Health of Our Residents
- Part II. The Weakening Phase
- Swallowing Problems: When Eating Solid Foods is Difficult
- Approaching the End of Life
- Part III. The Final Phase
- Working with the Family
- The Dying Process
- The Wake