Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care by David Troxel (English) Paperback Book

Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care by David Troxel, Virginia Bell

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Description Preceded by The best friends approach to Alzheimer's care / Virginia Bell and David Troxel. c1997.

Publisher Description

Remaining as wise and relevant as it ever was, this updated second edition brings professional care partners a wealth of new advice on how to incorporate the celebrated tenets of Best Friends™ into the everyday care of people with dementia. Using the best qualities of friendship—respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor—you can ensure the highest quality of life for the people in your care, making each day reassuring, enjoyable, and secure.In addition to explaining the basic elements of communication and caregiving Knack that are essential to the Best Friends approach, this revised edition includes all-new chapters on using the life story, planning activities, being successful when behaviors become challenging, getting the best from families and volunteers, and effectively creating and sustaining a Best Friends program.What's New?The 2nd edition is substantially reorganized for the benefit of professional care partners and it features an all-new final section:Part 1:Introduces the building blocks of the Best Friends™ approach, including the Dementia Bill of Rights, the concept of relationship-centered care, and the core tenets of Best FriendsPart 2:Explains Best Friends in practice in formal care settings, with in-depth chapters on the life story, communication, caregiving Knack, activities, and challenging behavior.Part 3:Discusses how to create and sustain a Best Friends program as well as how to use volunteers and partner with families.

Author Biography

Virginia Bell, M.S.W., is Program Consultant for the Greater Kentucky/Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. She is the founder of that association's award-winning Helping Hand Adult Day Center (now the Best Friends Adult Day Center). Ms. Bell has trained innumerable staff, students, and volunteers nationally and internationally in the center of the practices and attitudes that embody the Best Friends approach. She has earned awards for leadership in her community and in the Alzheimer's field. With her co-author, David Troxel, she has published The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care; The Best Friends Staff: Building a Culture of Care in Alzheimer's Programs; The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities, Volume 1 and Volume 2; A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care—A Guide for Care Partners; and The Best Friends Daily Planner.David Troxel, M.P.H., has become nationally and internationally known for his writing and teaching in the fields of Alzheimer's disease and long-term care. He has co-authored, with Virginia Bell, 6 influential books (The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care; The Best Friends Staff: Building a Culture of Care in Alzheimer's Programs; The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities, Volume 1 and Volume 2; A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care—A Guide for Care Partners; and The Best Friends Daily Planner), as well as numerous articles relating to Alzheimer's disease and care and staff development training.David received his Master's Degree in Public Health from UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (formerly Rutgers Medical School) in 1986.David is a past Executive Board member of the American Public Health Association and is a member of the Ethics Advisory Panel for the United States Alzheimer's Association. He currently serves as a Program Consultant to the Alzheimer's Association California Coast Chapter in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Details ISBN 1932529969 ISBN-13 9781932529968 Title Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care Author David Troxel, Virginia Bell Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 264 Edition 2nd Publisher Health Professions Press,U.S. GE_Item_ID:129746887; About Us

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