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Dementia Companion

Guide for Additional Caregivers in Nursing Care

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  • Basics understandable for laymen

  • The successful book for the care of people with dementia

  • Numerous tips to improve the quality of life of those affected

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About this book

The successful book for additional caregivers now in an updated 4th edition. Caregivers take on an important task in the care and accompaniment of people with dementia and contribute to the improvement of the individual living situation. This handbook supports not only everyday caregivers, but also volunteers and professional caregivers in their meaningful and demanding task. All the important basics are explained in an understandable way to help people with dementia or mental illness to cope with their everyday lives. Learn more about: Disease theory, everyday life design and employment offers, care quality, first aid in difficult situations, housekeeping. The book is coordinated with all contents of the advanced training for additional caregivers according to § 87b SGB XI. In addition, there are tips and checklists for the internship, for reflection and self-care. For caregivers in training and practice, and for all people who accompany people with dementia or limited everyday competence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ladenburg, Germany

    Simone Schmidt

  • Mörlenbach, Germany

    Martina Döbele

About the authors

Simone Schmidt: Nurse with advanced training in gerontological psychiatry, quality manager and consultant for the healthcare sector, expert assessor, lecturer

Martina Döbele: PDL, TQM auditor, NLP master, lecturer and consultant in health care, leader of nursing courses

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dementia Companion

  • Book Subtitle: Guide for Additional Caregivers in Nursing Care

  • Authors: Simone Schmidt, Martina Döbele

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67042-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-67041-5Published: 08 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-67042-2Published: 07 April 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 244

  • Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nursing

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