What is the role of the community mental health nurse (CMHN) in dementia care? What knowledge and frameworks influence the way CMHNs practice in dementia care? How will community mental health nursing be driven forward in the future? This exciting and long-awaited new book is a companion volume to the respected "Community Mental Health Nursing and Dementia Care: Practice Perspectives". The book enhances the link between theory and practice, providing a rounded and evidence-based account of the complexity, breadth and diversity of community mental health nursing practice in dementia care. The text is divided into three distinct sections: Models of community support and practice values. Professional roles and clinical work. Moving forward: Changing and developing CMHN practice. The book includes coverage of key contemporary issues such as service user involvement, nurse prescribing, younger people with dementia, social...