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Despite the frequent characterization of Alzheimer's disease as a """"loss of self,"""" this enlightening book demonstrates unequivocally that a person's unique self persists throughout the course of the disease. The important message in """"The Enduring Self"""" is how much can be done in care settings to support a person's sense of identity, and thereby enrich the lives of people experiencing the many losses associated with dementia.Drawing from a diverse body of research, this book brings together the recommendations of the best thinkers and practitioners in multiple disciplines to illustrate the meaning of self and the importance of providing dementia care that recognizes and supports personhood. The author provides strategies for restructuring the physical and social environment to facilitate person-centered care.""""The Enduring Self"""" provides a foundation for culture change efforts in community-based and residential care settings, showing administrators and care staff how to reframe communication and interactions to build more meaningful relationships with people with Alzheimer's. To facilitate staff training, a detailed case study is provided, and each chapter includes discussion topics.It is suitable for administrators and care staff in community-based and residential care settings.

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In his book, Sam Fazio takes us to the deep roots of the importance of the self, especially in persons with dementia, and lays the foundation as to the why of person-centered care. He helps us make sense of our daily encounters that are relational in nature and honors the evolving self of each person. This book will help move us to better and better care practices in our journeys with persons with dementia. --Virginia Bell, MSW, Co-Author of The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care (01/01/2001)

-In his book, Sam Fazio takes us to the deep roots of the importance of the self, especially in persons with dementia, and lays the foundation as to the why of person-centered care. He helps us make sense of our daily encounters that are relational in nature and honors the evolving self of each person. This book will help move us to better and better care practices in our journeys with persons with dementia.---Virginia Bell, MSW, Co-Author of The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care (01/01/2001)

Anyone who wants to understand this [person-centered care] movement or implement it will benefit from The Enduring Self. --Maeve M. O'Donovan, Ph.D., Asst Professor of Philosophy, College of Notre Dame of Maryland Metapsychology Online Reviews (01/01/2001) The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's succeeds in its goal of proving that Alzheimer's disease does not result in the 'loss of self' ...[the book] provides a comprehensive analysis of the research and clinical literature about the self in Alzheimer's and the effect of the perceptions, attitudes, actions of people who interact with the person with Alzheimer's on that person's ability to express and communicate his or her self. --Katie Maslow Alzheimer's Association (01/01/2001) [This book] provides a sound overview of the key influences on issues of identity, self, and relationships in providing person-centered care in the context of living with Alzheimer's disease. The self-reflection exercises at the end of each chapter help us all to reflect on the lessons here and to integrate it with our own experience whatever our background. I will recommend this book to many people. -- (01/01/2001) In his book, Sam Fazio takes us to the deep roots of the importance of the self, especially in persons with dementia, and lays the foundation as to the why of person-centered care. He helps us make sense of our daily encounters that are relational in nature and honors the evolving self of each person. This book will help move us to better and better care practices in our journeys with persons with dementia. -- (01/01/2001) Carrying the torch of Kitwood and others, Sam Fazio has crafted a humanistic and empowering framework for preserving the aging self in dementia. Full of theoretical information, practical techniques for supporting and maintaining personhood, and reflective exercises that engage the moral imagination, The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's is a manual for both scholars and caregivers alike. Fazio urges us to de-medicalize dementia, reevaluate the constrictive language and categories we use to define brain aging--including the scientifically imprecise and socially-damaging label of Alzheimer's disease--and ultimately, to do all we can to preserve the dignity and selfhood of those who are growing older around us and amongst us. It is an outstanding contribution to a growing literature that will change the way we age in the 21st century. -- (01/01/2001)

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Sam Fazio is Director of Medical and Scientific Relations, national headquarters of the United States Alzheimer's Association.

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