How can Book Therapy help in dementia
care?
People with dementia have often spent
a lifetime enjoying books, magazines and newspapers.
Looking at books can have many benefits
... if the books provided are suitably designed and if they are used
in a supportive environment.
Our new guide, Pictures to Share Book
Therapy in Dementia Care is now available.
This guide explains how Pictures to Share
books can be used to support person-centred care by
- encouraging meaningful communication
with staff
- helping residents to talk
about their feelings and their history
- allowing staff to learn more
about residents and so improve their care
- making visits more enjoyable
for residents and their relatives
- giving residents an everyday,
easy and enjoyable activity
The guide explains how Pictures to Share
books have been specially designed to engage those with dementia by
the use of well-researched images and texts. It shows how all sorts
of images can really work, not just the type of old photographs that
are used so often in traditional reminiscence work.
This guide is a valuable resource for
all care home staff, whether those involved in activity provision or
those involved in dementia care on a day-to-day basis.
ISBN 978-0-9563818-0-4
