Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2013/Caregiving and grief in dementia

Comments

I was doing some initial research on a topic I've been thinking about and thought this might document might be of use as its to do with caring for Alzheimer's patients. Motivation to Care If you want the whole article I can email it to you Kari2515 (discuss • contribs) 01:30, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't know if this will be useful to an academic piece but maybe as a side note or external link thing, either way it provides help sheets with practical advice for families and caregivers Fight Dementia- Help Sheets

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Note that Wikiversity convention is for lower-case headings. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:28, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I was looking at your sub headings and I saw that you had a section on support, it doesn't say just yet what or how much information you are going to have in it however as the idea of the chapter is how to use the topic we have to "improve our life" I was thinking you could add a suggestions heading? By this I mean suggest ways or techniques a person could use as a caregiver or the individual with dementia in coping with dementia and/or coping with the grief. I don't know too much on the topic, and you may have already had this idea planned, but I just wanted to put the idea out there :-)U3052304 (discuss • contribs) 05:28, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Ideas

Hi, nice work on getting started :) Somebody else is doing AAT - Animal Assisted Therapy, think it might be a useful inclusion somewhere for you. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2013/Animal_assisted_therapy_and_emotional_health_and_well-being Also you might enjoy the series Derek, it's a comedy-drama set in a nursing home, could give you some ideas or even just some screenshots to attach to your page for readers. Hope this helps! Best of luck! PatrickBateman (discuss • contribs) 03:37, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Might be able to infer

Hi Caitlin,

I know you were having a hard time trying to find direct literature about healthcare workers and the impact of dementia. I came across this article yesterday, and whilst its not directly related, i did feel it was still broad enough that you could probably infer or relate back to it. hope this helps

http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.canberra.edu.au/ehost/detail?vid=6&sid=64098298-1b08-42da-8d44-126e2a26dcbf%40sessionmgr15&hid=25&bdata=#db=pbh&AN=11622745

Tovey ally (discuss • contribs) 00:41, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Feedback

Hi,

Reading through your chapter I find it very interesting. I have fixed some minor grammatical mistakes and sentences that didn't make sense. You say that dementia cannot be prevented in your What is dementia section, but that is what my chapter is all about and I have found that it can be prevented. I know its a bit late to be sending this kind of info now, sorry but I thought that might be a useful point to make, you could even link to my chapter, and others that have followed similar lines. Kari2515 (discuss • contribs) 12:36, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a solid, useful, interesting chapter about the experience of grief for caregivers for people with dementia. The chapter could be improved by engaging more explicitly/deliberately in some theories which explain grief, including citations for key aims (see {{citation needed}} tags) proofreading for grammatical and spelling errors. Theory There is perhaps a lack of theory of emotion applied to understanding grief for caregivers. The notion of experiencing two deaths is helpful and are the types of supports of support that can be provided for caregivers. Research Some research is cited, but the chapter could be improved by providing closer citation for key claims. Some more indepth description of key studies would be useful. Written expression The chapter is written for a layperson audience and is easy to read. The self-help focus could be extended e.g., tips for caregivers. The quiz provides a helpful review. Some images were used, with appropriate captions Good to see use of wiki links - I changed these from external links to internal links. Proofreading is needed (see examples of my edits), particularly in relation to spelling and grammar.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 07:58, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a basic, but reasonably effective presentation. The main area for improvement is to select less content and to slow down and focus on the key points. Structure and content Consider explaining/providing more linking between slides. Take some time to establish the problem/key question (overview/intro). Consider including some images. What were the take-home self-help messages? Communication Text communication was basic but clear and good. Audio communication was OK - but take a breath between sentences! (the presentation felt like it rushed between sentences and between slides). Production quality Overall, production quality was basic, but good, making effective use of simple tools (text-based slides, screenr, and voice audio). Text was clear and easy to read as bullet-points. Audio was clear. Creative commons license and references were included.