A practical exploration of whats possible when caring for someone living with dementia, to help them live their best life in a way that makes sense to them....Lasīt vairāk
How to Live Well with Dementia: Expert Help for People Living with Dementia and their Family, Friends, and Carer Partners provides an array of essential guidance about the different aspects of dementia for all whose lives are touched by dementia, in...Lasīt vairāk
This edited volume reflects on how design can contribute to peoples wellbeing and mental health in the context of dementia, mental illness and neurodiversity. It is an important resource for designers, researchers, students, policy providers and hea...Lasīt vairāk
In the early 1980s, it had only recently been appreciated that what was known of the epidemiology of dementia in the elderly living in the community was just the tip of the iceberg. First published in 1984, this book presents information on the natu...Lasīt vairāk
Group Psychodrama for Dementia, Old Age, and Loneliness offers a fresh approach for professionals working with older individuals by employing new and exciting custom methodologies in psychodrama, particularly for clients with Alzheimers disease or o...Lasīt vairāk
Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia illuminates how targeted sessions of dramatherapy can improve the quality of life of elderly people with dementia....Lasīt vairāk
A Story of a Marriage Through Dementia and Beyond is the extraordinary, unflinching account from sociologist Laurel Richardson of her love and caregiving through the last period of her husbands Ernest Lockridges life - from his transient amnesia t...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines narratives of dementia in contemporary literary texts, studying what is now a pressing issue with deep political, economic, and social implications for many ageing societies. As part of the increasing visibility of dementia in soc...Lasīt vairāk
Understanding Young Onset Dementia provides a state-of-the-art overview of approaches to care and evaluation for people with young onset dementia...Lasīt vairāk
Dementia: The Basics provides the reader with a clear and compassionate introduction to dementia and an accessible guide to dealing with different parts of the dementia journey, from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis to post-diagnostic support, increasing...Lasīt vairāk
New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research addresses a dearth of knowledge about dementia prevention and shows the importance of considering the broader social impact of certain risk factors, including the role we each play in our own cognitiv...Lasīt vairāk
This innovative volume draws on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives and voices to foreground the social dimensions of the dementia experience. It critiques the stigmas, language and fears associated with a dementia diagnosis and focuses on the...Lasīt vairāk
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) has made a huge global, clinical impact since its inception, and this landmark book is the first to draw all the published research together in one place....Lasīt vairāk
Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting with, and caring for people with dementia....Lasīt vairāk
This book belongs to a long tradition at the Tavistock Clinic of work focused on the mental and emotional well-being of the elderly. It applies psychoanalytic thinking to areas that have generally attracted very little sustained attention over the y...Lasīt vairāk
Dementia is an urgent global concern. Creative writers can offer powerful and imaginative insights into the experience of dementia across cultures and over time. This volume explores how engaging with dementia through its myriad literary representat...Lasīt vairāk
The Living Well with Dementia Course: A Workbook for Facilitators will be an indispensable guide to providing support to people after they have received a diagnosis. The workbook provides facilitators with a realistic but positive approach to helpin...Lasīt vairāk
