Night Time Care

Download or read book Night Time Care written by Diana Kerr and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practice guide should be purchased with the companion book "Providing good night time care for Older People", as it refers staff to excerpts in the book to read and then reflect on. Caring for an older person or a person with dementia happens 24 hours a day, yet most strategies and advice are targeted for day time only. Night time care and the people who provide care at night are often neglected. This practice guide provides practical information and strategies to support the provision of effective night time care for people living in residential and hospital care, community respite as well as living in their own home. Written by Diana Kerr and Colm Cunningham, internationally recognised experts in the field of dementia and night time care, this practice guide is written in a manner to be used by individual carers as well as educators and managers who can facilitate practice and attitudinal change.