Art therapy

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Remote;text;Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Arts therapies, progressive illness, dementia -- Chapter 2 In the waiting room of the Grim Reaper -- Chapter 3 The living death -- Chapter 4 Art therapy in the treatment of chronic invalidating conditions -- Chapter 5 Case studies in Huntington 's disease -- Chapter 6 Art therapy with older adults clinically diagnosed as having Alzheimer 's disease and dementia -- Chapter 7 Real world or fantasy? -- Chapter 8 Living with dementia -- Chapter 9 A narrowed sense of space -- Chapter 10 Evaluating the use of art therapy for older people with dementia -- Chapter 11 Changing the context of care: opening up the system -- Chapter 12 Art as a therapy for Parkinson's -- Chapter 13 Circles of the mind -- Chapter 14 Nameless dread -- Index.;Arts Therapies and Progressive Illness is a guide to the use of arts therapies in the treatment of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In the last few years arts therapies have been used in an increasingly wide range of applications with new groups of patients, such as patients in palliative care, or with learning disabilities - Diane Waller has been a driving force behind this expansion. This book covers treatment such as art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy. In addition to dealing with a wide range of debilitating diseases, it focuses on the issue of the care and treatment of dementia and the effects on patients, carers and staff and the role of the arts therapies in improving the quality of life for the increasing number of patients who will sadly develop this distressing illness. This broadly focused, multi-disciplinary book will be of great interest to arts therapists, arts therapy educators, medical, social work and other staff who are concerned to devise care plans for these patients and their relatives.

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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Arts therapies, progressive illness, dementia -- Chapter 2 In the waiting room of the Grim Reaper -- Chapter 3 The living death -- Chapter 4 Art therapy in the treatment of chronic invalidating conditions -- Chapter 5 Case studies in Huntington 's disease -- Chapter 6 Art therapy with older adults clinically diagnosed as having Alzheimer 's disease and dementia -- Chapter 7 Real world or fantasy? -- Chapter 8 Living with dementia -- Chapter 9 A narrowed sense of space -- Chapter 10 Evaluating the use of art therapy for older people with dementia -- Chapter 11 Changing the context of care: opening up the system -- Chapter 12 Art as a therapy for Parkinson's -- Chapter 13 Circles of the mind -- Chapter 14 Nameless dread -- Index.

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Arts Therapies and Progressive Illness is a guide to the use of arts therapies in the treatment of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In the last few years arts therapies have been used in an increasingly wide range of applications with new groups of patients, such as patients in palliative care, or with learning disabilities - Diane Waller has been a driving force behind this expansion. This book covers treatment such as art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy. In addition to dealing with a wide range of debilitating diseases, it focuses on the issue of the care and treatment of dementia and the effects on patients, carers and staff and the role of the arts therapies in improving the quality of life for the increasing number of patients who will sadly develop this distressing illness. This broadly focused, multi-disciplinary book will be of great interest to arts therapists, arts therapy educators, medical, social work and other staff who are concerned to devise care plans for these patients and their relatives.