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Validation Techniques for Dementia Care
Vicki de Klerk-Rubin
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Description for Validation Techniques for Dementia Care
Paperback. Written especially for family members and friends caring for people with dementia, this practical guidebook offers a solution to commonly faced communication and relationship difficulties. It gives family caregivers the information and guidance they need to successfully implement proven Validation techniques. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: MJND; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Written especially for family members and friends caring for people with dementia, this practical guidebook offers a solution to commonly faced communication and relationship difficulties. The Validation approach's caring, empathetic techniques have been used and valued by professionals and families around the world to support meaningful communication and interaction with people with memory impairments.Adapted from the best-selling book for professionals, The Validation Breakthrough , this hands-on resource gives family caregivers all the information and guidance they need to successfully implement proven Validation techniques and enjoy resulting benefits like: reduced challenging behavior; improved communication; lower levels of stress and anxiety in both caregivers and older adults; and more satisfying relationships.In addition to background information about dementia and the principles behind Validation, the book includes detailed, illustrated explanations of specific verbal and nonverbal communication techniques. Realistic case studies demonstrate the approach in action in many different relationships, including husband/wife, parent/child, and grandparent/grandchild.Caregivers who adopt Validation will learn how to break through the silence and pain of withdrawal and interact with their loved one with greater respect and compassion. Start re-establishing connections and improving relationships today with Validation Techniques for Dementia Care . 2008 National Mature Media Award (Bronze Award Winner)
Product Details
Publisher
Health Professions Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9781932529371
SKU
V9781932529371
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Vicki de Klerk-Rubin
Vicki de Klerk-Rubin, R.N., M.B.A., is the European manager of the Validation Training Institute and a certified Validation Master. She is the co-author of the 1992 revision of Validation: The Feil Method and the 2nd edition of The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques for Communicating with People with Alzheimer's-Type Dementia. Ms. de Klerk-Rubin holds a bachelor of fine arts from Boston University and a master's of business administration from Fordham University, and is a Dutch-trained registered nurse. Since 1989, she has given Validation workshops, lectures, and training programs in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States of America. She also has worked in numerous nursing facilities in Amsterdam, leading Validation groups and training staff.Ms. de Klerk-Rubin, a native New Yorker, is married to a Dutch diplomat and has 2 daughters who were born in Vienna, Austria. Together they have spent the last 20 years living in Amsterdam, Vienna, Bonn, and The Hague.
Reviews for Validation Techniques for Dementia Care
This book gives family members, friends, and others the keys to unlock the doors to continued relationships and opportunities for positive interactions with loved ones. Ms. deKlerk-Rubin presents the principles of Validation, gives meaningful guidance in negotiating the role of caregiver, provides techniques and approaches that have been proven to be useful, and gives excellent examples in the form of stories to guide application. An important contribution to the caregiving literature.
(01/01/2001) Validation Techniques for Dementia Care is a rare book, written with empathy for the caregiver ... Bringing 20 years of experience as a Validation presenter, practitioner, and teacher, [the author] offers families step-by-step ways of communicating, with a multitude of examples and exercises.
Naomi Feil, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., L., Executive Director, Validation Training Institute, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio (01/01/2001) Validation Techniques for Dementia Care ... uses a combination of narrative and step-by-step guidelines to help readers truly integrate Validation techniques into their interactions with loved ones ... Reading this book will build mindfulness and empathy in caregivers, teaching them simple methods that can help them explore and support that emotional reality of aging persons and find relevance and meaning in their experiences.
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., and Danny George, M.Sc., authors of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Bei (01/01/2001) This book contains controversial, yet highly enlightening, concepts that will aid family members in their quest to communicate with and find meaning in their relationship with their loved ones.
John C. Colletti, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Certified Validation Teacher; President Chapman Senior Care, Richmond, VA (01/01/2001) Vicki de Klerk-Rubin has penned a powerful complement to Naomi Feil's earlier works.... Clear-cut examples from real life situations are offered as insights into effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to be used with someone who suffers from disorientation or dementia.... Readers are left with concrete methods and a sense of hope as they toil through very difficult times.
(01/01/2001) The Validation paradigm is effective, practical, and has a transformative impact... if your loved one is struggling with dementia, this book is a must-read for you.
Scott Averill, J.D., CEO Brookside Retirement Community (Overbrook, KS) (03/09/2018) Uses a combination of narrative and step-by-step guidelines to help readers truly integrate Validation techniques into their interactions with loved ones...Reading this book will build mindfulness and empathy in caregivers...
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., And Danny George, M.Sc., Authors The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (03/08/2018) How I wish I'd had this book when I was caring for my parents, both suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Through trial and error, I eventually learned to just forget about logic and reason and used what I called 'Go-With-The-Flow, ' never realizing I was using a Validation technique. How much easier it would have been and how much time and heartache it would have saved to have instructions on how to manage the myriad of odd behaviors that occur in those with dementia.
(03/09/2018)
(01/01/2001) Validation Techniques for Dementia Care is a rare book, written with empathy for the caregiver ... Bringing 20 years of experience as a Validation presenter, practitioner, and teacher, [the author] offers families step-by-step ways of communicating, with a multitude of examples and exercises.
Naomi Feil, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., L., Executive Director, Validation Training Institute, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio (01/01/2001) Validation Techniques for Dementia Care ... uses a combination of narrative and step-by-step guidelines to help readers truly integrate Validation techniques into their interactions with loved ones ... Reading this book will build mindfulness and empathy in caregivers, teaching them simple methods that can help them explore and support that emotional reality of aging persons and find relevance and meaning in their experiences.
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., and Danny George, M.Sc., authors of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Bei (01/01/2001) This book contains controversial, yet highly enlightening, concepts that will aid family members in their quest to communicate with and find meaning in their relationship with their loved ones.
John C. Colletti, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Certified Validation Teacher; President Chapman Senior Care, Richmond, VA (01/01/2001) Vicki de Klerk-Rubin has penned a powerful complement to Naomi Feil's earlier works.... Clear-cut examples from real life situations are offered as insights into effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to be used with someone who suffers from disorientation or dementia.... Readers are left with concrete methods and a sense of hope as they toil through very difficult times.
(01/01/2001) The Validation paradigm is effective, practical, and has a transformative impact... if your loved one is struggling with dementia, this book is a must-read for you.
Scott Averill, J.D., CEO Brookside Retirement Community (Overbrook, KS) (03/09/2018) Uses a combination of narrative and step-by-step guidelines to help readers truly integrate Validation techniques into their interactions with loved ones...Reading this book will build mindfulness and empathy in caregivers...
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., And Danny George, M.Sc., Authors The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (03/08/2018) How I wish I'd had this book when I was caring for my parents, both suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Through trial and error, I eventually learned to just forget about logic and reason and used what I called 'Go-With-The-Flow, ' never realizing I was using a Validation technique. How much easier it would have been and how much time and heartache it would have saved to have instructions on how to manage the myriad of odd behaviors that occur in those with dementia.
(03/09/2018)