Embracing touch in dementia care : understanding the role of touch and relationships in care / Luke Tanner ; foreword by Danuta Lipinska.
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TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781784503734
- 1784503738
- Dementia -- Treatment
- Touch -- Therapeutic use
- Alzheimer Disease -- therapy
- Therapeutic Touch -- psychology
- Therapeutic Touch
- Démence -- Traitement
- Toucher -- Emploi en thérapeutique
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General
- MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine
- Dementia -- Treatment
- Touch -- Therapeutic use
- 616.831 23
- RC521 .T36 2017
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Embracing Touch in Dementia Care -- A Person-Centred Approach toTouch and Relationships, by Luke Tanner; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Models of Care and Cultures of Touch; 2. Talking About Touch in Care ; 3. The Experience of Touch and Cognitive Impairment; 4. A Sense of Touch and the Experience of Attachment ; 5. Touch, Confusion and Uncertainty; 6. Non-Verbal Consent to Touch; 7. Touch, Emotional Needs and Personhood ; 8. Touch, Relationships and Intimacy; 9. Touch in Care Tasks ; 10. Resistance to Touch in Care Tasks; 11. Erotic Touch and Sexual Intimacy.
12. Being in Touch with Stuff13. Conclusion; Appendix 1 -- The Touch Observational Tool ; Appendix 2 -- Outline of Classifications Used in the Quality of Touch Schedule; Appendix 3 -- Touch Observation Sheet; Appendix 4 -- Touch Observation Summary Sheet ; Appendix 5 -- Five Touch Training Exercises: A Step-By-Step Guide ; Appendix 6 -- Trust in Touch Checklist; References; Further Reading; Index; Blank Page.
Providing clear answers for one of the most taboo challenges facing dementia care professionals today, this book instructs carers on how to re-evaluate their use of physical contact to create a more effective, person-centred care system, through training exercises on consent and non-verbal communication.
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