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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Linda Garcia (Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada) , Lynn McCleary, RN, BScN, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario) , Neil Drummond (Professor, Alberta Health Services Chair in Primary Care Research, Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada) , Lynn McCleary, RN, BScN, PhD (Professor, Nursing, Brock University, Canada)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9780128175668ISBN 10: 0128175664 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 04 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Improving the lived experience of dementia transitions Neil Drummond, Linda Garcia and Lynn McCleary 2. “It is not a disease, only memory loss: exploring the complexity of access to a diagnosis of dementia in a cross-cultural sample Sharon Koehn 3. Driving cessation in people with dementia Bonnie M. Dobbs 4. Transitions in financial autonomy and risk for financial elder abuse Stacey Wood, Peter A. Lichtenberg, Muncuran Purewal and Linda Garcia 5. Hospitalization of persons with dementia Katherine S. McGilton and Geneviève Lemay 6. Change in informal support: creating a caregiving system Melanie Deist and Abraham P. Greeff 7. Transitioning from home in the community to an assisted living residence Lynn McCleary, Mackenzie Powell and Willian Dullius 8. Relocation to a long-term care home Annie Robitaille 9. A palliative approach to care: from diagnosis to end-of-life Genevieve Thompson and Abigail Wickson-Griffiths 10. Steering through the waves and adjusting to transitions in dementia Linda Garcia, Neil Drummond and Lynn McClearyReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor Linda Garcia’s research interests focus on the impact of physical, social, technological and clinical environments on the quality of life of individuals with neurological disorders, especially dementia. She is interested in developing interventions that include approaches based on human interactions having worked previously as a Speech-language pathologist. She is currently the director of the University of Ottawa LIFE Research Institute, which takes an interdisciplinary, life trajectory approach to aging. Dr. McCleary is a Professor in the Department of Nursing and Graduate Program Director of the Master of Applied Gerontology Program in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University. She is a mental health and gerontological nurse who works with research teams and service providers on health and social care for older people and their families. Her research and practice emphasize improving dementia care services as well as improving gerontology and geriatrics education in the health professions. She is a past president of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association. She is coauthor of Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging (First and Second Canadian Editions) and co-editor of Evidence-Informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves. Dr. Drummond is an epidemiologist with interests principally in care for dementia in primary care, primary care surveillance and research, the public health-primary care interface, and health care for vulnerable communities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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