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by: Jitka M. Zgola  List Price: $19.00 Amazon.com's Price: $14.36 You Save: $4.64 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 618.97683 EAN: 9780801834677 Edition: 13 ISBN: 0801834678 Label: The Johns Hopkins University Press Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 168 Publication Date: June 01, 1987 Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Studio: The Johns Hopkins University Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Doing Things shows how to provide a positive environment for persons with Alzheimer's disease by offering opportunities for social interaction and constructive, enjoyable activities. Zgola outlines the ways in which a patient's functional impairment can be assessed; the strengths, weaknesses, and needs most commonly encountered among persons with Alzheimer's disease; and ways activities can be tailored to accommodate them. She offers step-by-step instructions for selecting and presenting appropriate activities and includes cooking and crafts projects, a sample exercise routine, and a sample daily schedule. The techniques she describes are designed to promote a sense of security and self-esteem, by avoiding possible sources of confusion or confrontation. Based on the highly successful program developed at one day-care facility for persons with dementia, Doing Things offers an invaluable guide for professionals and volunteers supervising activities at day-care centers and extended-care facilities -- as well as for individuals who are caring for patients at home. Throughout, Zgola's emphasis is on treating persons who have Alzheimer's disease with empathy, courtesy, and dignity. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Programs for the ElderlyA wonderful resource for all TR Directors in the Geriatric Setting. Rating:  - Practical ClassicOne of the first books written on Alzheimer's and activities, it remains a valuable source of practical ideas for professionals and families. I appreciate the author's optimistic and can-do attitude. Even better, it's an easy book to read and easy to put the book's concepts and ideas. into pratice. SBDavidT@aol.com 
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