Doing Things: A Guide to Programing Activities for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders - Hardcover

Zgola, Ms. Jitka M.

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Doing Things shows how to provide a positive environment for persons with Alzheimer's disease by offering opportunities for social interaction and constructive, enjoyable activities. Zgola outlines the ways in which a patient's functional impairment can be assessed; the strengths, weaknesses, and needs most commonly encountered among persons with Alzheimer's disease; and ways activities can be tailored to accommodate them. She offers step-by-step instructions for selecting and presenting appropriate activities and includes cooking and crafts projects, a sample exercise routine, and a sample daily schedule. The techniques she describes are designed to promote a sense of security and self-esteem, by avoiding possible sources of confusion or confrontation.

Based on the highly successful program developed at one day-care facility for persons with dementia, Doing Things offers an invaluable guide for professionals and volunteers supervising activities at day-care centers and extended-care facilities -- as well as for individuals who are caring for patients at home. Throughout, Zgola's emphasis is on treating persons who have Alzheimer's disease with empathy, courtesy, and dignity.

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Jitka M. Zgola is an international consultant and educator based in Canada.

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"It is vitally important that we understand the ways in which programs can benefit people with Alzheimer's disease -- not by altering the course of the disease but by improving the quality of life. This book tells in clear, step-by-step language how to provide this care." -- Nancy L. Mace, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day

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PublisherThe Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date1987
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ISBN 13 9780801834660
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Published by Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987

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Hardcover. Condition: Gut. XII, 149 p.: Ill. Lediglich leicht bestoßen, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only slightly bumped, otherwise a good and clean copy without markings. - Contents Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: A Program Specifically for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease 1. The Neurobehavioral Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease Memory Abstract Thought Language Attention Perception Judgment The Organization of Movement 2. Evaluation Medical Examination Functional Evaluation Neuropsychological Social History Testing Environment Psychiatric Review Ongoing Evaluation 3. Programing to the Clients'Strengths Habitual Skills Emotions Primary Motor Remote Memory Function Perseveration Primary Sensory Function 4. Programing for the Clients' Needs A Hierarchy of Needs Psychosocial Needs The Need for Security 5. Designing a Program The Physical Analyzing Activities Environment Schedule and Routine Selecting Meaningful Staffing Activities A Schedule of Daily Grading Activities Activities 6. Activities Exercise Crafts Other Gross Motor Woodwork Activities Work-oriented Grooming and Hygiene Activities Times for Socializing Special Events and Housekeeping and Meal Outings Preparation List of Activities 7. The Presentation of Activities Organizing the Activity Coping with Problems or Initiating the Activity Failure Guiding Clients through an Providing Positive Activity Reinforcement 8. Clients' Reactions to the Program Introducing the Program Providing Support for Helping Clients Leave Caregivers Home A Case History Dealing with Client's Negative Reactions 9. Mobility Walking Seating a Client in a Chair Rising from a Chair or on the Toilet Conclusion Appendixes A. In-service for "Day Away" Volunteers B. Occupational Therapy Teaching Sheets for Caregivers and Sitters C. Evaluation Protocol Notes Glossary Annotated Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780801834660 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 394. Seller Inventory # 1219790

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