Maggie Ellis, Arlene Astell

Broschiertes Buch

Adaptive Interaction and Dementia

How to Communicate Without Speech

Illustrator: Scott, Suzanne

Beschreibung

Effective communication with people with dementia is imperative to good relationships with professional caregivers and family members. This book offers a person-centred approach to assessing the communication skills of people with dementia who are unable to speak, and presents evidence-based methods for effective non-verbal communication.

Autor

Dr Maggie Ellis is a lecturer in psychology and the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where she also gained her PhD on maintaining personhood and the self in individuals with dementia. A popular teacher, Maggie has won awards two years running at St Andrews for her senior honours module on the Psychology of Dementia. Maggie has been working with and researching the lives and experiences of people with dementia, their family members and their professional caregivers for sixteen years. She lives in a small coastal town in north east Scotland with her husband and beloved dog.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781785921971
• ISBN-10: 1785921975
• Artikelnr.: 48899992