Assessment Scales For Advanced Dementia

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Assessment Scales for Advanced Dementia provides evidence-based measurement scales for use by researchers and care providers who are seeking to improve the care and services needed for the growing number of people living with advanced dementia. Now collected in a single place are the best available research tools for use with person’s with advanced dementia, accompanied by knowledgeable reviews by the book’s internationally recognized authors and by the original journal articles that explain each scale’s development and validity. These customized scales are useful for assessing the following domains in late-stage or end-of-life dementia care: dementia severity; satisfaction with care; symptom management; comfort during dying; quality of life; activity involvement; discomfort; pain; quality of visits; agitation; rejection of care. The user-friendly scales presented in this book have been proven effective in eliciting meaningful data from study subjects, patients, and long-term care residents whose communication difficulties reduce their ability to self-report or respond in traditionally measured ways. An essential guide for researchers in the dementia care field including physicians, nurses, psychologists, and all professionals who are planning studies ranging from large scale randomized clinical trials to clinical staff seeking to evaluate a unit based quality improvement program.