Activities for older people in care homes : a handbook for successful activity planning /: a handbook for successful activity planning. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah Crockett.
• Other Names: Crockett, Sarah
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Importance of Activities and How to Get Started -- 1. Dementia: The Basics -- 2. What Are Activities For? -- 3. Getting to Know Your Audience -- 4. How to Assess a Resident for Activities -- 5. Life Stories -- 6. Care Planning Activity -- 7. The Value of Timetables -- 8. Getting People to Join In -- 9. Recording What You've Done -- 10. Sensory Activity -- 11. Environment and Reality Orientation -- 12. Using Activity to Sòlve Problems' -- 13. Assessing the Risks -- 14. Budgeting and Money Stretching -- 15. Trouble -- pt. II But What Can I Actually Do? -- Art -- Books -- Cooking -- Crafts -- Daily Living -- Exercise -- Games -- Gardening -- Knitting -- Linking with the Community -- Music -- Reminiscence -- Rummage -- Sensory -- Spiritual and Religious -- Theme Days -- Trips Out.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.2/3; Geriatric Nursing; Nursing homes -- Recreational activities; Older people -- Recreation; MEDICAL -- Mental Health; PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health; PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness; Nursing homes -- Recreational activities; Older people -- Recreation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857008398; 0857008390
• Related ISBNs: 9781849054294; 1849054290
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.