Woodslane | Book - 9781843106494

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ISBN-13: 9781843106494
Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
By Pam Schweitzer, Foreword by Faith Gibson, By Errollyn Bruce
Price: AUD $56.99
Stock: 9 in stock
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Local release date: 14/07/2008
Format: Paperback (244.00mm X 173.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 408g
Categories: Coping with old age [VFJG]

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Google Preview: Pam Schweitzer founded Age Exchange Theatre Trust in 1983. It was the first full-time professional theatre company to specialise in touring reminiscence theatre across the UK and Europe and Pam remained its Artistic Director until 2005. In 2000 she was awarded the MBE for services to Reminiscence and she continues to direct the European Reminiscence Network, lecturing, directing and training in reminiscence and related fields. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Greenwich.; Foreword by Faith Gibson, Emeritus professor of Social Work, University of Ulster. Preface by Bob Woods, Professor of Clinical Psychology of Older People, University of Wales Bangor. Introduction. 1.Dementia and Reminiscence: Current Thinking. 2. Reminiscence in Dementia Care. 3. Reminiscence Skills and Methods.4. Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today: A Programme and an Approach. 5. Organising an RYCT Reminiscence Project. 6. Training for RYCT. 7. Retracing the Life Course Through Reminiscence Sessions. 8. Final Comments and Future Hopes. Appendix : Useful documents. References. Index.; Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today culminates work spanning some ten years on the use of reminiscence with people with dementia. Essentially practice-based, this book is a clear guide to organising and structuring reminiscence sessions. It offers an optimistic and dynamic challenge to dementia care-giving.; Google Preview content