Carer's stories : walking alongside a person with dementia / by Gill Constable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Constable, Gill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caregivers--Services for.

Caregivers.

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is estimated that 750,000 people are living with dementia in the UK and 500,000 partners, family members and friends are involved in caring for someone with dementia at a value of £6 billion a year, if care was provided by health and social care services (Department of Health, 2009). This book is about hearing the stories of six carers; half the carers identified as lesbian or gay. The findings were illuminating, as the carers did not experience the person with dementia as a burden, but r...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURE AND TABLES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6365-3

OCLC:

883571164