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Dementia — challenges and new directions
Author(s)	Susan Hunter
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley, London, 1997
Pages	200 pp (Research highlights in social work, 31)
Source	Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB.
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Services ; Management [care].
Annotation	This book starts with a challenge to orthodox models for understanding dementia - which are based largely on neuropathology - and explores the concept of personhood. Ethical dilemmas in care and research for people with dementia, and demographic aspects give further context. Less well-documented areas such as dementia and Down's Syndrome, depression and early onset dementia are examined. Consumer perspectives - of those with dementia and their carers - are considered. The final section discusses four areas of service provision: care management (an evaluation of the Lewisham Intensive Case Management Scheme); staffing and therapeutic care; the impact of the built environment; and advocacy.
Accession Number	CPA-970812276 B
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: I: QA
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