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Dementia in Close-Up: Understanding and Caring for People with Dementia
Contributor(s): Miesen, Bere (Author), Jones, Gemma (Translator)
ISBN: 0415128854     ISBN-13: 9780415128858
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $35.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 1998
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Annotation: Bere Miesen strives to give a much deeper understanding of the world of the dementia sufferer by describing and explaining the complex and varied relationships between the sufferer, their family and carers. The dependency and fear that dementia causes necessitates a sustained closeness, which in turn can engender conflict. Difficult issues of caring such as power, adoption, sexuality and aggression are discussed. Going beyond the purely medical descriptions of dementia, Miesen examines the behavior and responses of sufferers and their carers, giving families and professional carers the means to form caring and rewarding relationships to help everyone involved.
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Physiological Psychology
- Medical | Neurology
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family
Dewey: 616.83
LCCN: 98023238
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.21" W x 9.15" (0.86 lbs) 244 pages
 
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Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.
Bere Miesen assumes no medical or specialist knowledge and uses first hand accounts and real-life examples to examiners on patterns of behaviour and responses of sufferers and their carers. He focuses on the complex and varied relationships between the sufferer, their family and professional carers, and explores the conflict that can sometimes be engendered by dependency, fear and sustained closeness.
Going beyond the purely medical descriptions of dementia, Dementia in Close-Up strives to give families and health professionals the means to form caring and rewarding relationships and to help everyone involved.