Yoga for Dementia

A Guide for People with Dementia, Their Families and Caregivers

Tania Plahay (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2018
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78592-159-9 (ISBN)

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With yoga sequences, breathing exercises and meditations, this book shows care home staff and family carers how to use yoga to help people with dementia reduce the negative effects of their symptoms. The programme can be used with both individuals and groups, and can adapted for a range of abilities.

Proven to enhance wellbeing, posture, breathing and sleep, and reduce anxiety and agitation, this programme shows how yoga can be adapted to benefit people with dementia.

Based on the findings of a pilot therapeutic yoga programme for people with dementia in care homes, this book offers substantial yoga sequences, breathing exercises, meditations and mindfulness exercises for improving symptoms associated with dementia. It offers an innovative Reminiscence Yoga approach, which uses sounds, music, guided imagery and familiar actions to stimulate memories. The book demonstrates the many benefits of yoga for people with dementia, and describes the ways that each yoga exercise can be adapted for people of different abilities.

Tania Plahay is a certified yoga teacher. She piloted a therapeutic yoga programme for people with dementia in Four Seasons Health Care care homes.

Acknowledgements. Disclaimer. Foreword. Introduction. 1. What is Yoga? 2. Types of Yoga. 3. Yoga Philosophy and Principles. 4. Yoga Basics and Simple Everyday Poses. 5. Why is Yoga Beneficial for Older People. 6. What is Dementia and How Can Yoga Help? 7. Running Yoga Sessions for People Living with Dementia. 8. Sequences for All. 9. Challenging and Stimulating Sequences for Those With Early Diagnosis or Mild Cognitive Impairment. 10. Exercises for Anger Management. 11. Easy Joint Release Series for Everyone, Adapted to a Chair. 12. Stimulating the Senses. 13. Bhakti Yoga. 14. Yoga, Meditation and Meditation for Advanced Stages of Dementia, Death and Dying. References. Further Reading and Resources.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2018
Vorwort	Martin Green
Zusatzinfo	Includes full colour photographs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 252 mm
Gewicht	740 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-78592-159-2 / 1785921592
ISBN-13	978-1-78592-159-9 / 9781785921599
Zustand	Neuware