Qigong for Wellbeing in Dementia and Aging

Qigong for Wellbeing in Dementia and Aging

Author: Stephen Rath

Publisher: Singing Dragon

Published: 2015-01-10

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781848192539

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This book presents easy-to-follow Qigong exercises and key nutritional information that can help older people, who may be frail or have limited mobility, to improve and maintain their health and mobility, and to address symptoms associated with dementia. Accompanying illustrations guide the reader through each exercise.


Qigong for Wellbeing in Dementia

Qigong for Wellbeing in Dementia

Author: Stephen Rath

Publisher:

Published: 2015-01-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849057813

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Qigong is the centuries-old practice of moving vital energy (Qi) through the channels of the body, known as meridians, to achieve vitality and health. Research has shown that Qigong practice can support cognitive functioning, as well as emotional and physical wellbeing, in people with dementia. Guided by the teachings of Grandmaster Hong Liu, ......


Women's Qigong for Health and Longevity

Women's Qigong for Health and Longevity

Author: Deborah Davis

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 159030537X

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Here is a detailed, easy-to-use guidebook for women forty and older on how to use gentle but powerful traditional Chinese exercises, breathing techniques, massage, meditation, and vocalizations to promote health, fitness, relaxation, and mental clarity; improve stamina; and even treat specific health concerns. Acupuncturist and longtime qigong practitioner Deborah Davis explains the traditional Chinese approach to health and the various components of qigong practice; gives general health routines for women in specific age groups; and offers do-it-yourself practices and routines for specific health issues including insomnia, hypertension and heart disease, menopause, sexual vitality, breast health, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and depression.


Healthy Aging

Healthy Aging

Author: Ping-chung Leung

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 9814464325

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Recent advances in modern medicine have contributed to a longer lifespan for human beings. However, this does not directly translate to healthy living. Modern medicine's major success lies in specifically targeting orientated pathologies. It, however, does not promise healthy longevity.Healthy longevity requires an absence of life-threatening diseases and maintenance of good quality of life. Oriental medicine emphasizes on the promotion of physiological balance and internal harmony, which are integral for longevity in life. This book defines aging, approaching from the perspective of the frontier bioscientist as well as that of the traditional practitioner. On the international front, Oriental practices are extensively recommended, including herbal supplements and specific training exercises. This book, compiled with the aim of offering solutions to healthy aging, provides an excellent reference for both the elderly and their caregivers.


Yoga for Dementia

Yoga for Dementia

Author: Tania Plahay

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1784504335

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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.


Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality

Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality

Author: Elizabeth MacKinlay

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1000958213

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This book addresses important issues of ageing and spirituality and reflects on the impact of culture on both constructs. The papers are contemporary in that they include excerpts of cultural impact on spirituality from New Zealand, Singapore, India, United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. This book marks almost 20 years of international conferences on ageing and spirituality that commenced in January 2000. It opens the conversation to all who were part of this journey of ageing, including older people, practitioners in ageing and aged care, researchers, and those who reflect on the process of growing older. Chapters feature diverse perspectives, highlighting the need for inclusivity in conversations that surround ageing and recognize how development of cultures is influenced by the society where they emerge, and by minority groups within larger society. Chapters also note the occurrence of subcultures of ageing and aged care. The conference was held shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the chapters being written often during times of lockdown. Their content reflects the importance of spirituality in times of isolation and can show ways of reaching out to vulnerable older people, of various faiths and cultures, whatever their situations. Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies, Gerontology, Sociology, Psychology, Mental Health, and Nursing. The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging.


deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing -Second South Asia Edition, E-Book

deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing -Second South Asia Edition, E-Book

Author: Ambika Ravindran

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-09-26

Total Pages: 1076

ISBN-13: 8131256464

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Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition prepares students to learn the basic concepts and fundamental skills that LPNs/LVNs need to practice in a number of care settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, clinics, surgery centres, and home care agencies. This second South Asia Edition of DeWit’s Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing is a uniquely featured textbook, designed to make a worthy impact on its readers. The book is customised as per the revised B.Sc. Nursing curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) to meet the learning requirements of undergraduate students. Nursing professionals aspiring for higher education or career progression will also find this book useful for reference. The full-colour text contains theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications to build a strong foundation in the patient care experience. The underlying framework of all the chapters pivots around the nursing process, and also portrays the concepts like psycho-social aspects, critical thinking, communication skills, inter- professional collaborations, patient-family education and cultural integrity. • Discusses more than 80 essential skills and around 30 petite forms of skills with step-by-step format supported with coloured illustrations along with action/rationale format• Each chapter starts with key terms, objectives and has supportive glossary• Enhanced with stimulating highpoints such as Special Clinical Cues, Cultural Considerations, Lifespan Considerations, Focused Assessment, Health Promotion, Legal & Ethical Considerations, Patient Education, QSEN Considerations, Safety Alert and Think Critically boxes• Includes nursing process framework featuring the application of the nursing process and nursing care plans, reinforcing its application in the clinical setting• More than 20 Nursing Care Plans illustrating each step of the nursing process • Includes Concept Maps that help students visualise concepts addressed in the text and learn how a condition or response (relating to symptoms, treatments, and side effects) can affect more than one body system