Care-Giving in Dementia, Volume 3 is updated to incorporate the rapid and palpable changes that have taken place in this area. It will prove invaluable to health and mental health professionals caring for people with dementia.

The first two volumes of "Care-Giving in Dementia "integrated up-to-date neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving. Taking the same multidisciplinary approach, and drawing contributions from leading practitioners, this third volume will prove invaluable to health and mental health professionals caring for people with dementia. Key themes in Volume 3 include: personal construct psychology and person-centered care; living in lifestyle groups in nursing homes; music therapy for people with dementia; support programs for caregivers of people with dementia; coping in early dementia; stress and burden on care-givers; the Alzheimer Cafe concept and new support groups for people with dementia; ethical issues in the care of elderly people with dementia in nursing homes.

Gemma Jones, Introduction
PART 1: Models and Theories. Thomas Arendt, Meta-synthesis of the Neurobiology of DAT. Hilda Flint, All God's Children: The Spiritual Needs of People with Dementia. Gemma Jones, Metaphors for Teaching About Changing Memory and Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease: Bookcases in a Library. Clare Morris, Personal Construct Psychology and Person-centred Care
PART 2: Interventions in Care Facilities. Anne-Marth Hogewoning-van der Vossen, Living in Lifestyle Groups in Nursing Homes. Changeover to a Psychosocial Model for Care-giving in Dementia. Rosemary Hamill, Terry Conners, Sonas aPc: Activating the Potential for Communication Through Multi-sensory Stimulation. Neil Mapes, Memory Groups: Facilitating Open Dialogue Between Persons with Dementia. Mariette Broersen, Niek van Nieuwenhuijzen, Music Therapy for Persons with Dementia
PART 3: Topics Related to Care-giving Issues. Bere Miesen, Towards a Psychology of Dementia Care. Rosemarie Droes, Goffin, Breebaart, de Rooij, Vissers, Bleeker &
van Tilburg, Support Programmes for Care-givers of People with Dementia: A Review of Methods and Effects. Ann Marshall, Coping in Early Dementia: Findings of a New Kind of Support Group. Gemma Jones, The Loss of Meaningful Attachments in Dementia and Behavioural Stage-specific Implications
PART 4: Family and Professional Care-givers. Anne Margriet Pot, Stress and Burden in Care-givers. Bere Miesen, Gemma Jones, The Alzheimer Cafe Concept: A Response to the Trauma, Drama and Tragedy of Dementia. Mia Duijnstee, Wynand Ros, Caring for Persons with Dementia Together: The Role of the District Nurse in Home Care. Gilda Newsham, UK, The Power of Abuse
PART 5: Ethical Issues. Cees Hertogh, Between Autonomy and Security: Ethical Issues in the Care of Elderly Persons with Dementia in Nursing Homes. Cees Hertogh, Autonomy, Competence and Advanced Directives. Bere Miesen, Care-giving in Dementia: An Emancipatory Perspective.