Healing arts therapies and person-centered dementia care [electronic resource] / edited by Anthea Innes and Karen Hatfield.

Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2002.

Series:

Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides.
Bradford Dementia Group good practice guides

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (139 p.)

Subjects:

Dementia -- Patients -- Care.
Dementia -- Treatment.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasizes the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia. The contributors show how music, dance and the visual arts can be used with person-centred care to promote wellbeing.

Contents:

Healing Arts Therapies and Person-Centered Dementia Care; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 From the Heart into Art: Person-Centered Art Therapy; 2 Dance/Movement Therapy: Partners in Personhood; 3 Principles of Person-Centered Care in Music Therapy; Conclusion; List of Contributors; References; Subject index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128) and indexes.

Contributor:

Hatfield, Karen, 1967-
Innes, Anthea.

ISBN:

1-84642-302-3
1-4175-0289-4

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