Embracing Touch in Dementia Care

Meaningful touch is an essential part of truly person-centred dementia care, yet its value is often viewed as secondary to its perceived risks.

This book restores trust in the power of touch, demonstrating the vital role it plays in supporting personhood, relationships and wellbeing, and challenging the barriers preventing staff from using touch effectively.

Discussing a range of different types of touch, Luke Tanner places touch in the context of consent and safeguarding to produce a realistic guide to maximising the benefits of touch in care and minimising its negative effects.

Each engaging and thoughtfully composed chapter concludes with a concise set of step-by-step instructions, so that caring professionals can easily make positive changes to attitudes and approaches in their settings. 

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