Embracing touch in dementia care : a person-centred approach to touch and relationships / Luke J. Tanner ; foreword by Danuta Lipinska.

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.

252 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Models of care and cultures of touch -- Talking about touch in care -- The experience of touch and a cognitive impairment -- A sense of touch and the experience of attachment -- Touch, confusion and uncertainty -- Non verbal consent to touch -- Touch, emotional needs, and personhood -- Touch, relationships, and intimacy -- Touch in care tasks -- Resistance to touch in care tasks -- Erotic touch and sexual intimacy -- Touching stuff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.