Healing Arts Therapies and Person-Centred Dementia Care

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Ailments & Diseases, Diseases, Art & Architecture, General Art
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Author: ISBN: 9781846423024
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Publication: October 15, 2001
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781846423024
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication: October 15, 2001
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English

Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasizes the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia.

The contributors are all practising healing arts therapists who show how music, dance and the visual arts can be used in partnership with person-centred care to promote improved memory, reduced anxiety, increased self-esteem, better communication and successful group interaction. They use case studies to demonstrate the ways in which therapists can encourage engagement of those with dementia with sound, touch, movement and visual forms, making this a positive and practical book for all those working to provide person-centred dementia

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Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasizes the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia.

The contributors are all practising healing arts therapists who show how music, dance and the visual arts can be used in partnership with person-centred care to promote improved memory, reduced anxiety, increased self-esteem, better communication and successful group interaction. They use case studies to demonstrate the ways in which therapists can encourage engagement of those with dementia with sound, touch, movement and visual forms, making this a positive and practical book for all those working to provide person-centred dementia

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