Alzheimer's care today - Research Journals on Alzheimer's & Dementias

Peer-reviewed journal that provides information on dementia care practices that can be readily incorporated into the day-to-day activities of health care professionals, regardless of setting.

The needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) present unique challenges to health care professionals. Although there is presently no cure for AD, treatment is available. Contemporary interventions are increasingly person-centered--the goals are to maintain a familiar lifestyle, maximize quality of life and independence, and make use of the continuing strengths of persons with AD, thereby reducing excess disability.

This quarterly publication reflects these treatment approaches by providing clinically focused information on quality dementia care. The content of each issue is evidence- and experience-based, with a heavy focus on material that is of immediate practical use to nurses, rehabilitation professionals, administrators, and others working with persons with AD in institutional and community-based settings. Topics addressed include challenging behaviors, communication, activities of daily living, assessment, working with families, paraprofessional training, and many others.

* Offers clinically focused information on quality dementia care.
* Provides information relative to maintaining a familiar lifestyle, maximizing quality of life and independence, and making use of continuing strengths of persons with AD.
* The content of each issue is evidence- and experience-based, with a heavy focus on material that is of immediate practical use to nurses, rehabilitation professionals, administrators, and others working with persons with AD in institutional and community based settings.
* Each issue is comprised of topical articles, columns, and special features.
* Topics addressed include:
* challenging behaviors
* communication
* activities of daily living
* assessment
* working with families
* paraprofessional training
* Provides a forum for networking and dissemination of best practices.
* Aims to answer the question: What really works in dementia care settings?

Title Abbreviation:
Alzheimers care today
Title(s):
Alzheimer's care today.
Publication Date(s):
Began in 2007.
Frequency:
Quarterly
Publisher:
Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Continues:
Alzheimer's care quarterly
Description:
v.
Language:
English
ISSN:
1936-3001 (Print)
1936-6760 (Electronic)