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  • Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia

    Exploring the Interface

    by Clive Baldwin, Sinead Donnelly, Murna Downs, Wendy Hulko, John Keady, Jill Manthorpe, MaryLou Harrigan, Marg Hall, Grant Gillett, Sion Williams, Cheryl Tilse, Daniel Tsai, Andre Smith ...
    Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making particular decisions or is globally incompetent. However, much less focus has been placed on understanding how the capacity to make decisions influences one's view of oneself, one's world and one's treatment by ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Dancing with Dementia

    My Story of Living Positively with Dementia

    by Christine Bryden ...
    The truly inspirational account of living positively with dementia.Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia by campaigning for self-advocacy, writing articles and speaking at national conferences.This book is a vivid ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • 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

  • 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

    $22.99 USD

  • A Dignified Life

    The Best Friends™ Approach to Alzheimer's Care: A Guide for Care Partners

    by Virginia Bell, MSW, David Troxel, MPH ...
    More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease. Unfortunately, these staggering statistics impact millions of caregivers, too. Compared with all types of caregivers, those who assist someone with dementia ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Simplicity of Dementia

    A Guide for Family and Carers

    by Huub Buijssen ...
    This book offers an accessible and sympathetic introduction for relatives, carers and professionals looking after or training to work with people with dementia. Drawing on the two `laws of dementia', the author explains the causes of communication problems, mood disturbances and `deviant' behaviours, with particular emphasis on how these are experienced by dementia sufferers themselves. Case ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Memory Loss - Understanding What Causes, Its Symptoms and Signs and Learn How to Prevent Memory Loss to Live a Healthy Old Age.

    by Kristy Clark ...
    We all experience bouts of memory loss, but do we really know what memory loss is and why it occurs? This comprehensive book will conquer the myths and delve into exactly why this much-feared diagnosis occurs. Everything from sleep deprivation to an organic process could be to blame. Instead of letting yourself worry about the unknown, familiarize yourself with the facts and discover ways to ... Read more

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  • 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

  • Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia

    Evidence-Based Practice

    by Suzanne Cahill, Bob Woods, Rose-Marie Droes, Hilary Husband, Molly Burnham, Steffi Urbas, Georgina Charlesworth, Manuel Franco, Inge Cantegreil-Kallen, Linda Clare, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Richard Cheston, Rabih Chattat, Irene Carr ...
    For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of the person's life.It looks at ways of providing support at the time of diagnosis and goes on to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Love in the Land of Dementia

    Finding Hope in the Caregiver's Journey

    by Deborah Shouse ...
    For many families, a diagnosis of dementia is an ending. For Deborah Shouse, it was a beginning, My mother taught me how to celebrate and appreciate what we have right now.” Through her mother’s dementia, Deborah discovered compassion, deepening love, and increased connection with her mother and her family. Love in the Land of Dementia offers hope to family members, friends, and care partners of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Activities for Older People in Care Homes

    A Handbook for Successful Activity Planning

    by Sarah Crockett ...
    When tasked with providing activities for older people in care homes, it can be difficult to know where to begin. What constitutes an activity? How can you make sure activities are as positive and person-centred as possible? What can you actually do? Written by an experienced activity coordinator, this handbook is an indispensable companion for others in this role. The author provides useful ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Design for Nature in Dementia Care

    by Garuth Chalfont ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. Design for Nature in Dementia Care provides comprehensive examples of ways to connect to nature through indoor and outdoor activities.The author describes a wide range of activities that offer a connection to nature, such as caring for house plants and pets, gardening and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD