What you really want to know about life with dementia : real stories and expert advice for family, friends and people with dementia / Karen Harrison Dening, Hilda Hayo and Christine Reddall ; foreword by Keith Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dening, Karen Harrison, author.

Hayo, Hilda, author.

Reddall, Christine, author.

Contributor:

Oliver, Keith, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Patients--Popular works.

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

A family-led vision of what carers of people with dementia need and want to know. Supporting families and carers in their day-to-day life with dementia, this unique resource combines real stories from families with expert responses and advice for specific issues and concerns. This resource is based on the real stories and real questions brought to the Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline, peer support groups and clinical networks. Including questions around diagnosis, peer support, balancing risks, care transitions and end of life planning, the chapters are devised to support you, and give you the tools to live better, when dementia enters your life.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

What You Really Want to Know About Life with Dementia

Cover

Of related interest

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Meet the Editors

Contributors to This Book

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. 'Discovering my mother through Alzheimer's'

2. 'I kept telling myself that he was still grieving for Mum'

3. 'Getting a diagnosis is not easy'

4. 'Maintaining independence and autonomy'

5. 'Planning ahead is so overwhelming'

6. 'Once he got a diagnosis, the girls had to believe'

7. 'I feel as though I am going mad'

8. 'How does physical ill-health affect people with dementia?'

9. 'I thought dementia was just about memory loss'

10. 'He's run away with another woman'

11. 'He'd sit in that blessed chair all day, he would'

12. 'Where is your father?'

13. 'Time to go home now' A Story of Sundowning

14. 'Why is it so complicated?'

15. 'I just felt as though I had failed her when she needed me most'

16. 'Do people living with dementia feel pain?'

Appendix: Consultation Is Key

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78775-696-3

OCLC:

1369651241