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13%OFFAnne Davis Basting - Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia - 9780801892509 - V9780801892509
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Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia

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Description for Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia Paperback. Bold, optimistic, and innovative, Basting's cultural critique of dementia care offers a vision for how we can change the way we think about and care for people with memory loss. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JMRM; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Memory loss can be one of the most terrifying aspects of a diagnosis of dementia. Yet the fear and dread of losing our memory make the experience of the disease worse than it needs to be, according to cultural critic and playwright Anne Davis Basting. She says, Forget memory. Basting emphasizes the importance of activities that focus on the present to improve the lives of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Based on ten years of practice and research in the field, Basting's study includes specific examples of innovative programs that stimulate growth, humor, and emotional connection; translates ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801892509
SKU
V9780801892509
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About Anne Davis Basting
Anne Davis Basting is the director of the Center on Age and Community at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where she is also an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the Peck School of the Arts. Her published works include The Stages of Age and The Arts and Dementia Care: A Resource Guide. ... Read more

Reviews for Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia
The further I read the more impressed I became with Ann Basting's book. Northeast Forum on Spirituality and Aging 2009 An outstanding survey for both health and general collections. Midwest Book Review 2009 Challenges conceptions of what is possible with memory loss... of special importance in Basting's book are the several chapters dedicated to programs that awaken imagination and explor ... Read more

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