Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and People with Dementia

by Linda Clare

Rehabilitation provides a core concept around which to organise support, intervention and care for people with impairments in memory and other cognitive functions. This book introduces a conceptual framework and rationale for the application of a neuropsychological rehabilitation approach for people with dementia, helping them to manage, bypass or overcome these problems and experience optimum well-being.

Methods and techniques of cognitive rehabilitation are described and the process of goal-setting is discussed in detail, showing how effective strategies may be linked to form an individualised, goal-oriented approach to intervention. The application of a rehabilitation approach in real-life contexts is explored, demonstrating the role and value of neuropsychological rehabilitation within a holistic, psychotherapeutic framework of care and support.

This overview of the neuropsychological rehabilitation approach to dementia care will be of great interest to psychologists as well as to those studying or practising in the area.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2007

Reviews

[Shelley · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a book that is supposed to be about rehabilitation, the book spends only 2 chapters actually talking about rehabilitation strategies, which, if you've already understood basic concepts of compensatory strategies for any population, you already know this information. The majority of the book looks at definitions of dementia and theories of neuropsychology, which provides great information to a reader unfamiliar with these concepts, but not much new to a practitioner of neuropsychology. If you're looking to use the book to incorporate rehab into your existing practice, search elsewhere.