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  • Positive Psychology Approaches to Dementia

    by Esme Moniz-Cook, Bob Woods, Mike Nolan, Tony Ryan, Catherine Quinn, Andrew Norris, Kirsty Patterson, Phyllis Braudy Harris, Helen Irwin, Alison Phinney, Elspeth Stirling, Charlotte Stoner, Aimee Spector, Mr John Killick ...
    How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?As accounts of positive experiences in dementia are increasingly emerging, this book reviews current evidence and explores how psychological constructs such as hope, humour, creativity, spirituality, wisdom, resilience and personal growth may be linked with wellbeing and quality ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Playfulness and Dementia

    A Practice Guide

    by Kate Allan, Robin Lang, Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris, Nicola Hodge, Ian Cameron, Mr John Killick ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    Establishing playfulness as an essential component of dementia care, this positive and uplifting book will be key in changing attitudes and providing ideas for new and valuable ways of interacting and being with individuals with the condition.John Killick explores the nature of playfulness and the many ways in which it can enrich the lives of people with dementia, including as a means of ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World

    Fresh Air on My Face

    by Lorraine Robertson, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Johanna M. Wigg, Caren Price-Hunt, Peter J. Whitehouse, Rachael Litherland, Brett Joseph, Marcus Fellows, Daniel R. George, Lynda Hughes, Neil Mapes, James McKillop, Trevor Jarvis, Claire Craig, David G McNair, Brian Hennell, June Hennell, Malcolm Goldsmith, Simone de de Bruin, Javier Sánchez Sánchez Merina, Manjit Kaur Kaur Nijjar, Mr John Killick ...
    This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways in which people with dementia can experience and interact with nature through pursuits such as ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Spirituality and Personhood in Dementia

    by Paul Green, Padmaprabha Dalby, Harriet Mowat, Gaynor Hammond, Wendy Shiels, Margaret Goodall, Murray Lloyd, Brian Allen, Malcolm Goldsmith, John Swinton, Clive Baldwin, Julian C. Hughes, Susan McFadden, Daphne R D Wallace, Marianne Talbot, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Mr John Killick ...
    Positive shifts in attitudes mean that emphasis is now being placed on the person with dementia and their personal relationships, rather than the illness. There is also growing recognition of the significance of a person's spiritual life in forming an essential basis for their sense of identity, and in providing them with a resource for coping.Offering an inter-disciplinary approach to ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Poetry and Dementia

    A Practical Guide

    by Mr John Killick ...
    Poetry is an engaging and inclusive activity for older people that can help develop memory, imagination and identity. This book provides guidance on setting up and monitoring poetry projects for people living with dementia in group care homes and individual families. It explains the benefits of creative expression for people with dementia, and shows how to facilitate poetry reading and writing ... Read more

    $25.39 USD

  • Creativity and Communication in Persons with Dementia

    A Practical Guide

    by Claire Craig, Mr John Killick ...
    Providing people with dementia with opportunities to engage in creative activity can play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing communication, and in reinforcing personhood and identity. This thoughtful book describes how people with dementia, and the people who work with and care for them, can foster and develop a creative approach, and provides rich and varied ideas for creative activities ... Read more

    $36.99 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

  • Reminiscence and Life Story Work

    A Practice Guide

    by Faith Gibson ...
    Reminiscence is a valuable tool for the professional carer as well as those who are looking after a family member or friend. It enhances and enriches the care relationship, and benefits both the person being cared for and the carer.This fully-updated fourth edition is full of practical information on planning and running successful reminiscence work. It will enable carers and health and social ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • 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

  • Alzheimer's Timeline

    by Brian Bailie ...
    A complete failure. This is how you can expect to feel as you watch your loved one sliding below their incoming tide of confusion.Alzheimer's is probably worse to watch than it is to suffer. If it were a physical affliction, like a broken leg or a heart attack, it would be easier to accept and understand. But it is a sneaky silent thief that intangibly dissolves the mind.Alzheimer's Timeline is an ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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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  • 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