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Faith in Action: HammondCare is the compelling history of one of Australia's leading charities and health and aged care providers. It begins with maverick Archdeacon Robert Hammond, Minister of St Barnabas' Church, Broadway, who established Hammond's Pioneer Homes during the depths of the Great Depression to provide affordable homes for struggling families.By 1940, Hammondville, on the outskirts of Sydney, had 110 homes, a school, general store, post office and church, and was a nationally recognized model for small-scale land settlement. In the early 1950s the organisation established Hammondville Homes for Senior Citizens, one of Australia's first integrated facilities for disadvantaged el...
Maverick Archdeacon Robert Hammond, Minister of St Barnabas’ Church, Broadway, established Hammond’s Pioneer Homes during the depths of the Great Depression to provide affordable homes for struggling families. By 1940 Hammondville, on the outskirts of Sydney, had 110 homes, a school, general store, post office and church, and was a nationally recognised model for small-scale land settlement. In the early 1950s the organisation established Hammondville Homes for Senior Citizens, one of Australia’s first integrated facilities for disadvantaged elderly people. Today, HammondCare serves a wide range of people with complex health and aged-care needs, through dementia and aged-care services, palliative care, rehabilitation, and mental health programs.
This booklet has been developed for people who are caring for or supporting a Deaf/deaf person living with dementia.
This booklet has been developed for people who are caring for or supporting a Deaf/deaf person living with dementia. It aims to provide an introduction to dementia and changes in behaviours that a person may experience living with the condition.
"With a unique combination of content covering theory, practice, assessment and management, the BPSD textbook addresses the most complex aspects of dementia care, within a framework that is both knowledge-based and deeply compassionate. Featuring in-depth analysis of topics such as holistic assessment, understanding causes of changes in behaviour, the role of medication and the importance of individually tailored psychosocial interventions, the BPSD textbook is essential reading for health professionals passionate about improving understanding and support for people experiencing behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia." -- backcover.
The Palliative Care Handbook 9th edition is a sought-after resource globally and now for the first time this new edition includes extensive support for advanced dementia. A popular resource promoting clinical excellence in palliative care, this ninth edition has been updated by authors Professor Rod MacLeod and Dr Stephen Macfarlane to include comprehensive guidelines for people with dementia receiving end-of-life care. It builds on previous editions to address the fact that dementia is now a leading cause of death across the globe but that often people with dementia are more likely to receive the palliative care that they need. Although small in size – for ease of use by clinicians – th...