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Practical dementia care for adults with down syndrome or with intellectual disabilities /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Mental illnesses and treatments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PRACTICAL DEMENTIA CARE FOR ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME OR WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Chapter 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF DEMENTIA IN ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: OVERVIEW OF DEMENTIA IN ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CAUSES OF DEMENTIA; DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEMENTIA; RISK FACTORS FOR DEMENTIA; STAGES OF DEMENTIA; ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS.
- DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIAEARLY DETECTION; MANAGEMENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: MEMORY LOSS; INTRODUCTION; CLASSIFICATION OF MEMORY; ASSESSMENT FOR MEMORY LOSS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS; TREATMENT FOR MEMORY LOSS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: DELIRIUM; INTRODUCTION; CAUSES OF DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES; INTRODUCTION; AGITATION AND AGGRESSION; INAPPROPRIATE REACTIONS; INAPPROPRIATE URINATION; FEARS AND PHOBIAS; SLEEP PROBLEMS; DRESSING AND UNDRESSING; MOBILITY PROBLEMS; TOILETING; DENTAL ISSUES; SKIN CARE AND PRESSURE SORES.
- INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUROBSESSIVE AND RITUALISTIC BEHAVIOUR; MANAGEMENT OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES; INTRODUCTION; APPROACHES TO GOOD COMMUNICATION; APPROACHES FOR GOOD LISTENING; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: URINARY AND FAECAL INCONTINENCE; INTRODUCTION; TYPES OF URINARY INCONTINENCE; CAUSES OF URINARY INCONTINENCE; ASSESSMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; INCONTINENCE MANAGEMENT; FAECAL INCONTINENCE; CAUSES OF FAECAL INCONTINENCE; ASSESSMENT OF FAECAL INCONTINENCE; MANAGEMENT OF FAECAL INCONTINENCE; CONCLUSION.
- Chapter 8: EPILEPSYINTRODUCTION; FORMS OF EPILEPSY IN PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ID) AND DEMENTIA; SEIZURES AND DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY; INVESTIGATION OF SEIZURES; DRUG TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY; PROCEDURE FOR MANAGING A SEIZURE; TREATMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS; EPILEPSY AND COGNITION; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9: AGGRESSION; INTRODUCTION; CAUSES OF AGGRESSION; TYPES OF AGGRESSION; IMPACT ON CARERS; ASSESSMENT OF AGGRESSION; MANAGEMENT OF AGGRESSION; CONCLUSION; Chapter 10: NUTRITION AND DYSPHAGIA; INTRODUCTION; NUTRITION; WEIGHT LOSS; DYSPHAGIA AND POOR FLUID INTAKE.
- MANAGEMENT OF NUTRITION ISSUESMANAGEMENT OF DYSPHAGIA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) FEEDING; CONCLUSION; Chapter 11: WANDERING; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION OF WANDERING; CAUSES; COMPLICATIONS OF WANDERING; MANAGEMENT OF WANDERING; CONCLUSION; Chapter 12: VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INTRODUCTION; CAUSES OF VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT; ASSESSMENT OF VISION AND HEARING LOSS; MANAGEMENT OF SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 13: FALLS AND PREVENTION; INTRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; DEMENTIA AND RISK OF FALLS; MANAGEMENT; CONCLUSION.