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Life Story Work with People with Dementia Polly Kaiser

Life Story Work with People with Dementia By Polly Kaiser

Life Story Work with People with Dementia by Polly Kaiser

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Supporting the current focus on living well with dementia, this book shows how to carry out Life Story Work with people with dementia in a variety of settings. Focusing on the practicalities of carrying out life story work and highlighting its benefits, this book also includes case studies which will inspire the provision of individualised care.

Life Story Work with People with Dementia Summary

Life Story Work with People with Dementia: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary People by Polly Kaiser

Introducing life story work, a way for people with dementia to connect with their relatives, carers and the professionals working with them. This evidence-based book explains the many benefits of life story work, with practical guidance for introducing it in a variety of settings.

The authors show how life story work can empower people with dementia to inform care practitioners and family members what care and support they may need now and in the future, by taking into account their past and their future wishes and aspirations. The book includes practical information on how to get started, ethical considerations such as consent and confidentiality, and considers issues of diversity and how to address them. The voices of practitioners, researchers and family carers sit alongside those of people living with dementia to present a wide-range of perspectives on life story work.

Life Story Work with People with Dementia Reviews

This is a really good and useful contribution. It is full of well-curated information and practical advice, but above all it is full of the humanity of people with dementia and the value of their stories. I thoroughly recommend this book. -- Sube Banerjee, Professor of Dementia, Centre for Dementia Studies, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
This book really manages to capture the multi-layered and multi-faceted nature of life story work. It sets life stories within the bigger frameworks of health, psychology, policy, culture change, identity, equality and diversity. We hear about life stories from many people living with dementia, families and professionals covering care at home, care homes, housing, hospitals, end of life, memory assessment services and arts venues. It ranges from the practical to the existential and fizzes with case studies, top tips, and research evidence. -- Professor Dawn Brooker, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester

Life stories, a strand in psychological therapy with older people and people with dementia, has been unfolding over the past 25 years. This timely book brings the many facets of this work together.
Here is a sparkling treasure trove of a book containing all you might want to know about life story work and dementia. Written with clarity and in an accessible style suitable for lay persons, it also contains all professionals might want to inform their practice and develop services that place the person with their unique life story at the centre.

-- Reinhard Guss, Chair, Dementia Workstream Lead, Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, BPS, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, KMPT

About Polly Kaiser

Bob Woods is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology of Older People at Bangor University, Wales, UK. For over 40 years he combined clinical work in the NHS with research which has helped to develop and evaluate psychosocial interventions for people with dementia and their carers, including cognitive stimulation and reminiscence work. Rachel Thompson is Dementia Project Lead for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and is an Admiral Nurse with Dementia UK. Both have significant experience of nursing in dementia care in practice, research, teaching, and professional writing in this field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Dawn Brooker. Introduction. Ruth Eley and Polly Kaiser. Section 1: Where has Life Story Work Come From? The Context of Life Story Work. 1. Narrative Approaches to Life Story Work. Polly Kaiser. 2. The Policy Context for Life Story Work. Ruth Eley. 3. Values, Rights and a Compassionate Culture - The Bedrock of High Quality Care and Support. Anna Gaughan. 4. Equality and Diversity in Life Story Work. Polly Kaiser. Section 2: Does it Work? The Evidence Base for Life Story Work. 5. Understanding the Outcomes of Life Story Work. Kate Gridley, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK. 6. The Evidence Base for Life Story Work So Far. Professor Bob Woods, DSDC Wales, Bangor University, UK and Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Health Psychology Programme, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia. Section 3. Why is it Important? The Benefits of Life Story Work. 7. The Benefits of Life Story Work for People with Dementia. Steve Milton. 8. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Family Carers - A Personal Perspective. Jean Tottie, Former Carer and Chair, Life Story Network CIC. 9. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Paid Staff. Lesley Jones and Gillian Drummond. Section 4: How Can We Use It? The Practicalities of Life Story Work in Various Settings. 10. Community Based Approaches to Life Story Work - Keeping People Connected. Ruth Eley, Polly Kaiser, John Shaw and Pat Broster. 11. How Does the Introduction of Life Story Work into a Memory Service Benefit Individuals with Dementia and their Family Carers. Joanne Sutton, Merseycare NHS Trust, UK. 12. Life Story Work for People with Dementia in Acute General Hospitals - An Alternative Model of Care? Rachel Thompson. 13. Life Story Work in Care Homes. Victoria Metcalfe, Dementia Guiding Light - Evermore, UK. 14. Spirituality and Life Story Work. Polly Kaiser. 15. Using Life Story Work in End of Life Care. Polly Kaiser. 16. Identifying and Overcoming Challenges in Life Story Work. Jane McKeown, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT, Kate Gridley and Nada Savitch. 17. Arts, Dementia and Life Story Work - Every Picture Tells a Story. Maria Pasiecznik Parsons. Section 5: What Next? 18. A European Perspective: New Opportunities. Marie-Jo Guisset Martinez, Associated Member, ICE Innovation in Care for the Elderly, France. 19. Conclusions and Looking Ahead. Polly Kaiser and Ruth Eley. Useful Resources. References. Index.

Additional information

GOR009732102
9781849055055
184905505X
Life Story Work with People with Dementia: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary People by Polly Kaiser
Polly Kaiser
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2016-09-21
280
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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