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Communication and the care of people with dementia / John Killick and Kate Allan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2001.Description: 320pISBN:
  • 9780335207756 (hbk.) :
  • 9780335207749 (pbk.) :
  • 033520774X(pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.19683 KIL
LOC classification:
  • RC521
Contents:
Part l: Basics:-1.Conversations with Alice: 'a far fetch' -- 2.Personhood: 'the truth is mine, not yours' -- 3.Nonverbal communication: 'I just want to hold and hold you one minute' -- 4.Language: 'words can make or break you -- 5.Memory: 'playing in the house of ages' -- 6.Interpretation: 'After all, what is this lump of matter if you can't make sense of it?' -- Part 2: Practicalities:- 7.Making contact: 'to get us into a normal situation' -- 8.Developing the interaction: ' with you I am putting things together' -- 9.Endings: 'With regard to silence, I think it should be observed' -- 10.Writing: 'It's a good idea, this writing it down -- Part 3: Themes:-11.Narrative: 'I want to make up my story for myself' -- 12.Relationships: 'I like us being with us' -- 13.Awareness: 'I'm thinking ... when I'm not saying anything' -- Part 4: Implications:- 14.Implications for care:'I need help, yes. But it's the way that it's done' -- 15.Ethical implications: 'What I want to know is, what is this doing for you?' --Part 5: Integration:- 16.Conversations with Jane: 'My mind, my whole sphere of life is full'.
Summary: 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 people with dementia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part l: Basics:-1.Conversations with Alice: 'a far fetch' -- 2.Personhood: 'the truth is mine, not yours' -- 3.Nonverbal communication: 'I just want to hold and hold you one minute' -- 4.Language: 'words can make or break you -- 5.Memory: 'playing in the house of ages' -- 6.Interpretation: 'After all, what is this lump of matter if you can't make sense of it?' -- Part 2: Practicalities:- 7.Making contact: 'to get us into a normal situation' -- 8.Developing the interaction: ' with you I am putting things together' -- 9.Endings: 'With regard to silence, I think it should be observed' -- 10.Writing: 'It's a good idea, this writing it down -- Part 3: Themes:-11.Narrative: 'I want to make up my story for myself' -- 12.Relationships: 'I like us being with us' -- 13.Awareness: 'I'm thinking ... when I'm not saying anything' -- Part 4: Implications:- 14.Implications for care:'I need help, yes. But it's the way that it's done' -- 15.Ethical implications: 'What I want to know is, what is this doing for you?' --Part 5: Integration:- 16.Conversations with Jane: 'My mind, my whole sphere of life is full'.

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 people with dementia.

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