Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being
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Author: G. Allen Power
Publisher: Health Professions Press
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1938870697
ISBN 13: 978-1938870699
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.
Review
Be prepared to be challenged and inspired! ... This book should be essential reading for all entrusted with the care of people with dementia. --Christine Bryden, author and dementia advocate
a convincing argument for culture change by means of...well-being as a sustainable intervention strategy and a guide to changing perceptions. --Dementia journal (United Kingdom)
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, â??If You Don't Mind,â? was performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, and Walter Cronkite used his song â??I'll Love You Foreverâ? in a 1995 Discovery Channel documentary on American families.
