Topic
Neurocognitive disorders
Neurocognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, gradually impair memory, language, orientation and independence. They also turn the lives of relatives upside down, as they often provide much of the day-to-day help. The resources in this topic support these carers, and the manuals for professionals present cognitive stimulation and support for the person and their family.
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These manuals are written for psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners. Anyone can read a preview; the full text is reserved for practitioners who have submitted proof of their professional status and who hold a professional plan.
Mild to moderate dementia: cognitive stimulation and rehabilitation — a therapist's manual
A twenty-nine-session programme for the person with mild to moderate dementia, based on the two best-evaluated psychological interventions at this stage. It begins by reviewing the different dementias — Alzheimer's disease, vascular and mixed forms, Lewy body dementias, frontotemporal dementias — and what each one changes in the sessions. First, fourteen sessions of group cognitive stimulation, twice a week, in which people are asked for opinions rather than correct answers; then ten individual sessions of rehabilitation directed at goals the person has chosen, and four maintenance sessions. Reminiscence, anxiety and depression, safety (acute confusion, abuse, suicide risk) and what should not be offered instead, such as cognitive training presented as a treatment, each have their own section, with worksheets to hand over and full references.
Neurocognitive disorders: supporting the person and the carer — a therapist's manual
A two-part programme for neurocognitive disorders. For the family carer, eight sessions drawn from the coping strategy programme whose effect on anxiety and depression lasts six years: understanding behaviours, building a plan, communicating differently, working on guilt and on grieving the living, finding moments that count again, preparing for the future. For the person affected at the mild stage, five sessions: their goals, their compensations, their activities, their mood, their wishes. Differential diagnosis, the structured approach to behavioural symptoms, abuse, driving, decision-making capacity, end of life, worksheets to hand over and full references.
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