Healing Arts Therapies and Person-Centred Dementia Care. Группа авторов
Медицина. University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
Healing Arts Therapies and Person-Centred Dementia Care
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781846423024
Автор произведения Группа авторов
Жанр Медицина
Серия University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
Издательство Ingram
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