{"product_id":"9781551116068","title":"The Person in Dementia: A Study of Nursing Home Care in the US","description":"\u003cp\u003eimagine yourself in advanced age, forced to depend on others for all your basic needs. What would you want to retain of your personal life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis question is at the heart of a set of case studies that examine the lives of nursing home residents who were diagnosed with senile dementia. Based on two years of intensive comparative ethnographic study in a nursing home in a Northeastern American city, The Person in Dementia dramatically contrasts the outcomes of two approaches to dementia care for elders with severely disturbed behaviors: a task-oriented approach based on a biomedical view of disease progression and a flexible person-sustaining approach focusing on individual needs and communication. By emphasizing \"personhood,\" which looks beyond physical and reasoning abilities to a person's will and relationship with others, McLean conceptualizes dementia care as a moral enterprise. She encourages innovative and compassionate elder care and accountability across the spectrum from direct care-givers to nursing home owners to those at the highest levels of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcLean also offers a fine-tuned analysis of how relations among direct care-giving, professional, and administrative staff within a facility can dramatically affect the quality of dementia care. The book includes policy recommendations that are geared to long-term care administrators and policy-makers as well as to caregivers, families, and elders with dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048604877040,"sku":"9781551116068","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551116068_p0.jpg?v=1763784483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551116068","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}