Description
Book SynopsisChaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia.
Trade ReviewExceptionally well written and provides both an informed and compelling argument for selfhood affirming care and a practical guide on enriching the practices of residential care facilities. -- George S. Alexopoulous, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2009 Every long-term-care facility should make it available to staff members. Highly recommended. Choice 2009 Accessibe, and engaging... Remembering Home is predominantly geared towards providing advice for health care professionals and those engaged in caring for memory-challenged adults in health care facilities... is it also use for those family members and friends with loved-ones suffering from dementia. -- Jacqui Poltera, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2009 A sound reminder to all caregivers that all people have pasts, and those pasts are part of who they are today and create, in some ways, their future... Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia is a tool for families to remain connected to loved ones who are experiencing loss of memory... This person-centered approach to affirming older adults with dementia demonstrates the importance of sharing the past with the hope that it will make the journey of the future more meaningful and pleasant for all. -- M. Jean Keller, EdD Activities, Adaptation and Aging 2010
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Self and Dementia: Reframing the Relational Landscape
2. Home: A Pathway to the Self in Dementia
3. Home as a Setting for Lived Experience
4. ''That Is My Home'': Home Stories and Guided Conversations
5. Home Work: Putting Home Stories to Work in Dementia Care
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