Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being / Edition 2

by G. Allen Power

Overview

This book builds upon the foundation of Power's award-winning book, Dementia Beyond Drugs, to reframe the care and support of people living with dementia. Power presents a strengths-based approach that focuses on enhancing seven domains of well-being for individuals in all living environments. In doing so, he challenges many of our long-held practices and provides an innovative approach that can lead to sustained improvements in the lives of people with dementia and their partners in care. Revised edition refines the language and attitudes required to achieve the author’s goals and includes new research supporting his approach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938870699
Publisher:	Health Professions Press
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

G. Allen Power, M.D., is a board-certified internist and geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester, New York. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Power has practiced medicine for 25 years, the last 18 of which have been in long-term care and rehabilitation. As a Certified Eden Alternative Educator, Dr. Power serves as an Eden Mentor at St. John's Home in Rochester, New York, where he has worked since 2000. He also serves on the board of directors of the Eden Alternative, Inc. His regular contributions to the blog of Dr. William Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative, can be found at www.changingaging.org. Dr. Power has lectured on geriatric and culture change topics both nationally and internationally. He has been interviewed for print and broadcast media including BBC Television, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and WHYY radio among many others. Dr. Power is also quoted in the book Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes by Beth Baker (2007, Vanderbilt University Press). An accomplished musician and songwriter, Dr. Power's music has been performed on three continents. His song of elder autonomy, 'If You Don't Mind,' was performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, and Walter Cronkite used his song 'I'll Love You Forever' in a 1995 Discovery Channel documentary on American families.

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Foreword Richard Taylor, Ph.D. ix

Preface to the Revised Edition xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 A Brief History of the Experiential Model 9

Chapter 2 The What and Why of Well-Being 23

Chapter 3 Identity 37

Chapter 4 Connectedness 63

Chapter 5 Security 97

Chapter 6 Autonomy 135

Chapter 7 Meaning 173

Chapter 8 Growth 207

Chapter 9 Joy 233

Chapter 10 The Experiential Pathway to Well-Being: A Well-Being Approach 249

Chapter 11 Dementia and Aging in the Twenty-First Century: Refraining (and Reclaiming) Hope 269

References 285

Resources 291

Index 293