Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia for Nurses and Nursing Students

by Karen Harrison Dening (Editor), Alistair Burns (Foreword), Malarvizhi Babu Sandilyan (Contributor)

This essential textbook on dementia care introduces the knowledge that nurses need, including the evidence base for practice and the guidance to transfer this newly acquired knowledge into everyday practice. Each of the 25 chapters are written by experts in the field of dementia care and are grounded in thoroughly researched, up-to-date evidence, have a direct bearing to nurse practice, and use case studies to give examples of application of the evidence to practice.

It begins by introducing dementia as a diagnosis, a syndrome, and a set of diseases, signs and symptoms. It then deals with various principles that underpin dementia care, including person-centred care, behaviours that challenge, risk management, and understanding relationships affected by dementia. Finally, it assesses dementia care across a range of care settings, such as primary care, care homes, domiciliary care, acute hospital, and hospice services.

360 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2019

Reviews

[Tara Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my go-to guide as a healthcare worker with a dementia focus. It's worth every penny.