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“lucy whitman”

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  • Telling Tales About Dementia

    Experiences of Caring

    by Lucy Whitman, Brian Baylis, Rosemary Clarke, Pat Brown, Marilyn Duncan, Gail Chester, Peggy Fray, Tim Dartington, Jenny Davies, Rachael Dixey0, Anna Young1, Daphne Zackon2, Jenny Thomas3, Jim Swift4, Helen Robinson5, June Smith6, Maria Smith7, Pat Hill8, Andra Houchen9, Louisa Houchen0, Barbara Pointon1, Shirley Nurock2, Roger Newman3, Ian McQueen4, Maria Jastrzebska5, Steve Jeffery6, Diana Lewin7, Sania Malik8, Geraldine McCarthy9, U Hla Htay0 ...
    How does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need?In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances share their experiences of caring for a parent, partner or friend with dementia. They speak from the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • People with Dementia Speak Out

    by Graham Stokes ...
    In People with Dementia Speak Out, twenty-three people from diverse backgrounds share their experiences of living with dementia.The contributors are honest about the frustrations and fears they face, but overall there is remarkably little self-pity and a great deal of optimism. The personal accounts demonstrate that with the right support at the right time, and above all with opportunities to ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

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    An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

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    A behind the scenes look at how a huge portion of our absurd healthcare spending actually bankrolls a propaganda campaign and lobbying effort focused on protecting one thing: profits.A former senior VP of CIGNA, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. He explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of ... Read more

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  • The Long Goodbye: When Someone You Love Has Dementia

    by Beth Patterson ...
    As the Baby Boomer Generation continues to age, experts predict that dementia will become epidemic. Caught in the middle are their loved ones who struggle to take care of them.In The Long Goodbye, Beth Patterson brings to light the suffering and grief of all who are affected by this terrible disease, and provides some tips for caregivers in caring for their loved ones with dementia and themselves ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who will I be when I die?

    by Christine Bryden ...
    Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Thrive

    How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money

    by Richard Layard, David M. Clark ...
    A compelling argument for improving society's mental health through increased services and better policyMental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • What the hell happened to my brain?

    Living Beyond Dementia

    by Kate Swaffer ...
    Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In this book, she offers an all-too-rare first-hand insight into that experience, sounding a clarion call for change in how we ensure a better quality of life for people with dementia.Kate describes vividly her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory difficulties, loss of ... Read more

    $22.09 USD

  • Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words

    Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia

    by Kate Whouley ...
    From the author of the much-loved memoir Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved comes an engaging and inspiring account of a daughter who must face her mother’s premature decline.In Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words, Kate Whouleystrips away the romantic veneer of mother-daughter love to bare the toothed and tough reality of caring for a parent who is slowly losing her mind. Yet, this is not a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Codes of the Underworld

    How Criminals Communicate

    by Diego Gambetta ...
    How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Understanding Behaviour in Dementia that Challenges

    A Guide to Assessment and Treatment

    by Ian Andrew James ...
    *Highly Commended in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*Behaviours that challenge can significantly interfere with the quality of life of a person with dementia, as well as that of those who live with and care for them. Yet there is a great deal of confusion surrounding how such behaviours should be addressed. This book provides theory and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • An Essay on the Shaking Palsy

    Unveiling the Origins of Parkinson's: A Historical Perspective on Neurological Disorders and Medical Advances

    by James Parkinson ...
    In "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy," James Parkinson presents a groundbreaking exploration of what we now recognize as Parkinson's disease. Written in 1817, this seminal work is notable for its meticulous clinical observation and detailed description of the disorder's symptoms, which Parkinson termed 'shaking palsy.' The essay employs a prose style that is both academic and accessible, seamlessly ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Take Care, Son

    The Story of My Dad and his Dementia

    by Tony Husband ...
    'Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?'When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved.This is the touching, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD