Speaking from Experience Nursing Assistants Share Their Knowledge of Dementia Care

"SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE" is the title of a new and informative nursing manual based on extensive interviews of nursing assistants working at the Cobble Hill Health Center. Funded by a generous grant from the Fan Fox and Leslie. R. Samuels Foundation, the Cobble Hill research staff has conducted these interviews with over 40 nursing aides and orderlies. While most nurse training manuals are written by professionals who have had little "hands-on" experience, "Speaking From Experience" has given the staff the opportunity to speak directly to other nurses, nursing assistants and family caregivers. The resulting nurses' manual uses the experiences, suggestions and direct quotations of staff to outline pointed common sense approaches in working with individuals who have dementia. Photo-journalistic coverage of the staff and residents in day-to-day work relationships illustrate the text.Cobble Hill Health Center Inc., Staff is the author of 'Speaking from Experience Nursing Assistants Share Their Knowledge of Dementia Care' with ISBN 9781401844141 and ISBN 1401844146.