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New! Dementia - Support for Family and Friends

Dementia - Support for Family and Friends

Dave Pulsford and Rachel Thompson

This comprehensive yet accessible book, written specifically for friends and relatives, offers practical advice and support that can help ensure the best possible quality of life for people with dementia and the people around them. more »

2012, Paperback: £13.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-84905-243-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: adults, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement, carers, challenging behaviour, communication, death, dementia, families, older people, person-centred, relationships, residential care

Talking With Bereaved People

Talking With Bereaved People

An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication

Dodie Graves

This book shows how you can embark on a process of sensitive conversation that helps the bereaved person to come to terms with their grief. Dodie Graves outlines a practical framework of six elements for conversing with bereaved people in a structured but flexible way that avoids prescriptive instructions. more »

2009, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-988-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp

Keywords: bereavement, counselling, death, emotions, older people, social care, social work

Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users

Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users

Making Life Possible

Peter Beresford, Lesley Adshead and Suzy Croft

This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users' experiences, tracking their journeys through it, exploring the care they receive and the effects of culture and difference through their first hand comments and ideas. more »

2006, Paperback: £25.00/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-465-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp

Keywords: bereavement, carers, counselling, death, older people, palliative care, social care, social work

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  • Alzheimer's disease,
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  • art therapy,
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  • Asperger syndrome,
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  • brain injury,
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  • child psychology,
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  • communication,
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  • complementary therapies,
  • counselling,
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  • dance and movement therapy,
  • dementia,
  • depression,
  • disability,
  • disability law,
  • domestic abuse,
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  • expressive therapies,
  • families,
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  • massage,
  • memoirs,
  • mental health,
  • mental illness,
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  • nonverbal learning disabilities,
  • nursing,
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  • qigong,
  • relationships,
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  • sexual abuse,
  • social care,
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  • tai chi,
  • taiji jian,
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  • theology,
  • trauma,
  • violence