Main description:

Rehabilitation helps individuals maintain and optimize independence. Historically, people with dementia have received little rehabilitation and the focus has been on care to replace lost function. Dementia Rehabilitation is a resource for health and social professionals, service planners, policy makers, and academics. The book makes a compelling case for rehabilitation for people with dementia, including the views of people with dementia and the research evidence. For each area of function, the research evidence and relevant theory is summarized, followed by practical information on clinical assessment, and delivery of therapies.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: Rehabilitation as a new way of working with people with dementia

Lee-Fay Low and Kate Laver

1. Rehabilitation: a human right for everyone

Kate Swaffer

2. Cognitively-oriented treatments in dementia

Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Loren Mowszowski, Nicola T. Lautenschlager and Kay Cox

3. Communication interventions for people with dementia and communication partners

Sarah El-Wahsh, Penelope Monroe, Fiona Kumfor and Kirrie Ballard

4. Maintaining and improving physical function in dementia

Michele L. Callisaya, Susan W. Hunter and Manuel Montero-Odasso

5. Optimizing independence in activities of daily living

Kate Laver, Catherine Verrier Piersol and Rachel Wiley

6. Active and engaged: Maintaining leisure activities in dementia Claire M. C. O'Connor, Jacqueline Wesson, and Lindy Clemson

7. Rehabilitation to improve psychological well-being in dementia

Lee-Fay Low, Monica Cations, Deborah Koder and Annaliese Blair

8. Driving and community mobility for people with dementia

Theresa L. Scott, Jacki Liddle and Nancy Pachana

9. Supporting people with dementia in employment

David Evans, Carolyn Murray, Angela Berndt and Jacinta Robertson

10. Can buildings contribute to the rehabilitation of people living with dementia?

Richard Fleming

11. Supporting everyday functioning of people living with dementia: The role of care partners

Laura N. Gitlin and Michael Bruneau, Jr.

12. Physical comorbidities of dementia: Recognition and rehabilitation

Sue Kurrle

13. Improving functional independence: Dementia rehabilitation programs

Yun-Hee Jeon, Nicole Milne, Cassandra Kaizik and Barbara Resnick