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Contented Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being (Hardcover)

by Oliver James (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Vermilion (7 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091901804
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091901806
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65,831 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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[I] can confirm that anyone who wants help in caring for the condition will find this excellent work a revelation
--Bel Mooney, Mail on Saturday


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'distinguished psychologist Oliver James [...] shows that dementia need not be a nightmare of frustration and embarrassment'
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I do so wish ......, 31 Aug 2009
I do so wish that Penny Garner and Oliver James had produced this book 20 years ago. I was involved in caring for people with dementia over an 18 year period and, had SPECAL been around,I could have eased them through their dementia instead of just managing their anguish. I did adopt some SPECAL strategies instinctively even though the were in total opposition to all the training I'd had in the past .... and it worked. I'm now involved in training carers/support workers and fully intend to promote the SPECAL approach.
The book is easy to read, very understandable, make perfect sense and in no way did I feel it was patronising. Read it for yourself, try it for yourself and make your own judgement.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A CARE MODEL WHICH ENABLES RATHER THAN DISABLES, 1 Sep 2009
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this is a very innovative and interesting concept that ensures the biggest burden for an individual with dementia, THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH to caring is not used,tasks such as making beds washing laundry and cleaning floors should not the most important roles of a carer, the individual and what is important to them should. In this book Penny gives the carer food for thought in that she offers an alternative by allowing the individual with dementia to remain in control of what they feel are important to them and therefore as the book's title they are content. Superb use of exercises for the carer to practice using the 'golden rules' such as not asking questions, not quite as easy as it sounds. I found this book a breath of fresh air in an area of care that does suffer from being at the back of the queue so to speak with regard to assisting the carer in there totally demanding role
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars can transform the situation, 11 Aug 2009
This review is from: Contented Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being (Paperback)

Practical, helpful, sensitive, comforting, illuminating, brilliant, constructive - yes, it is all that, and more. Don't take (too much) notice of the negative reviewers as you really shouldn't miss this book. Infused with compassion and kindness (RARE qualities these days), the advice was developed by someone who clearly has a talent for non-confrontation and small talk, both of which it is wise to learn early on in your loved one's journey of confusion. Whether it is called dementia, alzheimer, memory loss, forgetfulness doesn't matter to those of us who are in pain watching our loved one deteriorate and struggle with their new and unfamiliar circumstances, and who want to find ways to make it hurt less - for them as well as ourselves.

This refreshingly positive book immediately takes away a lot of the suffering, and the judgments, for both "sides", at least in the earlier stages. We cannot (yet) speak about later stages but we feel SO different about the situation after reading this book - we've now read a great deal about memory matters and can vouch for the fact that no "expert" in clinical practice has made anything like the kinds of loving and caring PRACTICAL suggestions and procedures spelled out in this book, which we started putting into practice immediately. So what if it seems like "infantilising" the sufferer, who in our experience certainly did not feel we were doing this but who immediately brightened up and was much happier with our new approach.

As indicated in real-life stories given in the book, we also have noticed (from carers sharing stories at support groups) that the sufferer's partner is likely to find it very difficult to accept what is happening or to readily adopt the methods set out in this book. It IS hard to change the relationship habits of a long lifetime and the carer-partner is likely to have health challenges as well, which can make things even more difficult. The book is as much for them as for the direct victim of this horrible, slow-acting plague.

It can transform (and has actually done so) the experiences of the dementia sufferer and of those around him/her.
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