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OverviewSupporting practitioners to promote service user involvement, this book highlights ways to engage people with dementia to allow them to have an impact on improving their quality of life. This book will help practitioners to think creatively about the best approaches to involving people with dementia in decisions that affect their lives. Full of useful tips and with a range of practical examples, it provides tried and tested methods for enabling engagement in day-to-day decisions as well as in research and policy development. Chapters cover why involvement is so crucial, what the ethical challenges are and how to overcome these, how involvement can be implemented, what people with dementia want from professionals and the services they use, and how to create wider dementia-friendly communities. The voices of people with dementia resonate throughout the book, making this essential reading for all professionals working in dementia care, including service commissioners, public health officials and policy makers, as well as academics and students in these fields. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nada Savitch , Rachael Litherland , Steve MiltonPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9781785920974ISBN 10: 1785920979 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 21 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: To order Table of ContentsSection 1: Approaches to involving people with dementia. 1: Why it is important to involve people with dementia. 2: The context of involvement. 3: Underlying principles. Section 2: Challenges and things to think about. 4: Ethical issues. 5: Engaging with seldom heard groups. 6: Making it happen. 7: Research. 8: Training. 9: Design. 10: Dementia friendly communities. 11: Health and social care. 12: Getting the message across.ReviewsAuthor InformationNada Savitch, Rachael Litherland and Steve Milton are the founders and directors of the community interest company Innovations in Dementia. They have carried out many different projects all of which work with people with dementia as equals and aim to give people with dementia a voice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |