Dementia, Aging, and Intellectual Disabilities: A HandbookMatthew P. Janicki, Arthur J. Dalton Psychology Press, 1999 - 488 pages This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices are detailed in a practical manner making this a useful tool to both students and trained professionals. After an introduction to the subject, the book begins with persoanl accounts of three affected individuals whose signs of dementia are described from clinical, family member, and care-provider perspectives, respectively. The biology and physiology of dementia, as well as the neurological and medical complications associated with it, are then provided in Parts Two, three, and Four. The application and practical perspectives of this handbook are enhanced in Part Five which details the best practices available to meet the needs and challenges involved in care and quality of life issues. The challenge raised by the rapidly growing number of aging individuals with intellectual disabilities forms the basis for the final part of the volume, an analysis and presentation of rarely addressed policy issues. Extensive resource information and a comprehensive glossary contribute to the useful nature of this handbook. Practitioners, service providers, educators and students will benefit from the accessability and practicality if this text as well as the breadth and depth of knowledge of the editors and contributors. |
Contents
Aging and Dementia | 5 |
A Model for the Staging of Alzheimers Disease | 11 |
Commentary | 25 |
Perspectives of a Care Provider | 32 |
Challenges for Care Management | 38 |
A Parents Experience | 42 |
Commentary | 48 |
Risk Factors and Biological Consequences | 55 |
Depressive Illness | 222 |
General Assessment Issues in Elderly Persons with | 228 |
Psychotropic Medications | 232 |
Psychiatric Disorders and Psychotropics | 240 |
Commentary | 250 |
Maintaining Communication | 261 |
Good Communication | 268 |
Commentary | 275 |
Changes in Brain and Other Tissues in Alzheimers Disease | 65 |
Applications to Intellectual Disabilities | 76 |
References | 82 |
Neurologic Aspects | 90 |
Diagnosis | 96 |
Associated Medical Aspects | 103 |
Internal Conditions | 109 |
PART 3 | 119 |
Problems of Assessment | 125 |
Commentary | 137 |
Diagnostic Issues Specific to Adults with Intellectual | 143 |
Criteria for Diagnosis of Alzheimers Disease | 150 |
Adaptive Behavior | 157 |
Review of Longitudinal Studies | 165 |
Future Research Issues | 174 |
CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 179 |
Clinical Change in People with Downs Syndrome | 186 |
Commentary | 193 |
Risk Factors for Misdiagnosis Shared with the General | 199 |
Literature Findings | 206 |
References | 213 |
Rationale for Thorough Screening and Evaluation | 282 |
Care Management | 289 |
Adult Day Services | 294 |
Specialty Adult Service Programs | 305 |
Commentary | 312 |
Program Preparation Phase | 321 |
Commentary | 328 |
Dealing with the Diagnosis | 334 |
Program Considerations | 341 |
Commentary | 348 |
EDUCATION AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS | 353 |
Dementia Assistance Resources | 359 |
Matthew P Janicki and Arthur J Dalton | 388 |
An Oregon Experience | 400 |
Public Policy Issues and Implications | 408 |
Future Prospects | 415 |
References | 421 |
Guidelines for Coping with Alzheimers Disease | 430 |
Instruments and Tests | 444 |
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The Task Planner: An Intervention Resource for Human Service Professionals William James Reid No preview available - 2000 |
The Task Planner: An Intervention Resource for Human Service Professionals William James Reid No preview available - 2000 |