Supportive Care for the Person with Dementia

by Julian C. Hughes

Sportive care can be thought of as an extension of palliative care so that the person with dementia receives good quality, holistic care that makes no distinctions between the dichotomies of care and cure from the time of diagnosis until, and beyond, death. It recognizes the need for an inter-disciplinary approach for continuity of care. Supportive care in dementia must, therefore, be broad in its scope and application.

Supportive Care of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199554137
• ISBN13: 9780199554133
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.7"