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The Dementia Diaries

Author : Matthew Snyman
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784502855
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Dementia Diaries written by Matthew Snyman and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the School Library Association's Information Book Award 2017 - 'Over 12' category. Brie's Granddad has always been a serious man, never without a newspaper and knowing the answer to everything. But now he keeps losing track of the conversation, and honestly, Brie doesn't really know how to speak to him. At first, Fred was annoyed that Gramps had come to live with them, it meant he had to give up his room! But then he starts to enjoy watching old films with him and spending time together... although there's the small problem of Gramps calling him Simon. Follow the stories of Brie, Fred, and other young carers as they try to understand and cope with their grandparents' dementia at all stages of the illness. Adapted from true stories, and supplemented with fun activities and discussion ideas, this book for children aged approximately 7-14 cuts to the truth of the experience of dementia and tackles stigma with a warm and open perspective.

Dear Alzheimer's

Author : Keith Oliver
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784508985
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Dear Alzheimer's written by Keith Oliver and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis. Keith Oliver was diagnosed with young onset dementia at the age of 55. Unaware at the time that dementia could affect people of this age, Keith set out to increase public awareness of the condition and dispel the myths about the illness. Using a unique diary format, this intimate and empowering memoir captures what everyday life with dementia is like, offering both a candid look at its struggles, and a profoundly moving account of Keith's journey to live a full life afterwards.

The Long Goodbye

Author : Margaret R. Miles
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498282385
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Long Goodbye written by Margaret R. Miles and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Long Goodbye: Dementia Diaries discusses a disease that is both personal and social for more than five million patients and their families and friends in the United States today. Now that there are medical strategies for preventing and/or curing strokes, heart attacks, even cancer, many more people are going to live into the dementia years in the near future. Although many dementia horror stories circulate in conversation and in the media, they are not the whole story. Creative approaches to loving a dementia patient can make for a valuable learning experience for family and caregivers. In The Long Goodbye Margaret Miles describes her commitment to making--rather than passively suffering--her spouse's dementia experience. Family and friends who accompany patients find embedded in the experience moments of great beauty, hilariously funny incidents, new companions, and life insights. The narrative provides both a travelogue and suggestions for a richly meaningful life passage for all participants. The Long Goodbye seeks to supply a balanced picture of a disease usually represented as unmitigated loss.

the click guide to dementia

Author : Shirley Ayres
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326812246
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book the click guide to dementia written by Shirley Ayres and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The click guide to dementia has been developed to help people living with dementia, their family, carers and professionals working in this area to make use of the fantastic resources which are already available across the whole spectrum of needs today. We believe it is important to bring all of this information together in a single place. The guide lists more than a hundred of these resources.

The Family Experience of Dementia

Author : Gary Morris
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784509833
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Family Experience of Dementia written by Gary Morris and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dementia not only affects the person presented with the diagnosis, but their family and friends too. This book provides practitioners with strategies to support the whole family and understand their dementia journey both pre- and post-diagnosis. This is facilitated through a series of activities and reflective prompts. There is also a dedicated chapter offering structured exercises for health and social care practitioners and students. The book introduces the Lawrence family, where Peter has been diagnosed with dementia, and provides perspectives from each family member, allowing practitioners to become acquainted with the lived experience of everyone involved. The reflective questions allow readers to become actively engaged to maximise their knowledge and understanding, and to better contextualize what the dementia experience feels like for family and friends. With its focus on the all-important lived experience of the whole family during the diagnostic process and beyond, this is essential reading for any practitioner working with people with dementia.

Caring for Nigel

Author : Eileen Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781914523182
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Caring for Nigel written by Eileen Murray and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of sixty-nine, Nigel Murray was diagnosed with dementia. His wife kept a diary - an outlet for the daily stress of caring for him at home. Her account offers a unique insight into the experience of caring for someone with dementia.

Losing My Mind

Author : Thomas DeBaggio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743216725
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Losing My Mind written by Thomas DeBaggio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tom DeBaggio turned fifty-seven in 1999, he thought he was about to embark on the relaxing golden years of retirement -- time to spend with his family, his friends, the herb garden he had spent decades cultivating and from which he made a living. Then, one winter day, he mentioned to his doctor during a routine exam that he had been stumbling into forgetfulness, making his work difficult. After that fateful visit, and a subsequent battery of tests over several months, DeBaggio joined the legion of twelve million others afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. But under such a curse, DeBaggio was also given one of the greatest gifts: the ability to chart the ups and downs of his own failing mind. Losing My Mind is an extraordinary first-person account of early onset Alzheimer's -- the form of the disease that ravages younger, more alert minds. DeBaggio started writing on the first day of his diagnosis and has continued despite his slipping grasp on one of life's greatest treasures, memory. In an inspiring and detailed account, DeBaggio paints a vivid picture of the splendor of memory and the pain that comes from its loss. Whether describing the happy days of a youth spent in a much more innocent time or evaluating how his disease has affected those around him, DeBaggio poignantly depicts one of the most important parts of our lives -- remembrance -- and how we often take it for granted. But to DeBaggio, memory is more than just an account of a time long past, it is one's ability to function, to think, and ultimately, to survive. As his life becomes reduced to moments of clarity, the true power of thought and his ability to connect to the world shine through, and in DeBaggio's case, it is as much in the lack of functioning as it is in the ability to function that one finds love, hope and the relaxing golden years of peace. At once an autobiography, a medical history and a testament to the beauty of memory, Losing My Mind is more than just a story of Alzheimer's, it is the captivating tale of one man's battle to stay connected with the world and his own life.

Another Cup of Tea: Diary of a Dementia Carer

Author : Martin Dewhurst
Publisher : Panoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9781784529093
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis Another Cup of Tea: Diary of a Dementia Carer by : Martin Dewhurst

Download or read book Another Cup of Tea: Diary of a Dementia Carer written by Martin Dewhurst and published by Panoma Press. This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another Cup of Tea is a book for anyone caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Selected from the diary of a son caring for his Mum in the latter stages of her struggle with vascular dementia. Written often in the midst of long, challenging days and nights. You'll find yourself either laughing, crying or even nodding along in recognition at the ups and downs of their time together. You'll notice how tea often saved the day, how they coped or didn't and perhaps imagine yourself in their shoes, wondering what could happen next and how you'd cope in similar circumstances. As suggested in the foreword, grab Another Cup of Tea and enjoy! Profits from book sales will be shared between Alzheimer's and dementia charities.

Life with Big Al (Early Alzheimer's)

Author : Judy Seegmiller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780759679979
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Life with Big Al (Early Alzheimer's) written by Judy Seegmiller and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why settle for plain floors when you can turn them into decorative accents that add as much to the beauty of your home as the furniture or window treatments? Products such as acrylic varnishes that resist yellowing make it easier than ever to achieve great results using a variety of time-honoured techniques.

Creative Approaches in Dementia Care

Author : Hilary Lee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 023034450X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Creative Approaches in Dementia Care written by Hilary Lee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical introduction to the use of the arts in dementia care. Based on experience, the book provides clear guidance on how to employ a variety of innovative techniques including art, music and dance therapies, to promote the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of people with dementia.

Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia

Author : Rosalie Ashworth
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031272234
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia written by Rosalie Ashworth and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the expectations surrounding dementia, what it ‘looks like’ and how people have been treated by others. It aims to raise awareness of the different types of dementia, and how they impact the brain, body, and lived experience, including experience of Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia. The co-authors reflect on their experience with informal and formal care, before finishing with a focus on the spectrum of dementia research from clinical trials to user-led research. Throughout the book, co-authors have shared personal stories of how dementia has affected them and people with lived experience of dementia share what they wish people knew about living with the disease. Co-produced by people with lived experience of dementia, academics and health care professionals, this book is an accessible resource about dementia from the perspective of people actively involved in the field and essential reading for healthcare professionals wishing to learn more about the experience of this neuroprogressive condition, as well as policymakers, and members of the public.

Mind How You Go

Author : Peter Wright
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471757250
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Mind How You Go written by Peter Wright and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mind How You Go - Steps to enhance your Life's Journey is rather like an observational route map of the journey into, around and through the Mind. It explores and examines issues we might commonly encounter on this journey, and helps to open up the Mind to different approaches designed to help make this journey better, smoother, more interesting, and more rewarding.

Life at Home for People with a Dementia

Author : Ruth Bartlett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351619691
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Life at Home for People with a Dementia written by Ruth Bartlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life at Home for People with a Dementia provides an evidence-based and readable account of improving life at home for people with a dementia and their families. There are estimated to be 47 million people with a dementia worldwide, the majority of whom will live, or want to live, in their own home. Yet there is a major shortcoming in available knowledge on what life is like for people with a dementia living at home. Most research focuses on care in hospitals or care homes, and takes a medical perspective. This book bridges this gap in knowledge by providing a comprehensive and critical overview of the best available evidence on enabling people with a dementia to live well at home from the viewpoint of those living with the condition, and in the context of global policy drivers on ageing and health, as well as technological advances. The book includes chapters on citizenships – that is, the diversity of people living with a dementia – enabling life at home, rethinking self-management, the ethics and care of people with a dementia at home, technological care and citizenship, and sharing responsibilities. It concludes with a care manifesto in which we set out a vision for improving life at home for people with a dementia that covers the areas of professional practice, education and care research. By covering a wide range of interrelated topics to advance understanding and practice as to how people with a dementia from diverse backgrounds can be supported to live well at home, this book provides a synthesised, critical and readable understanding of the complexities and risks involved.

Dancing with Dementia

Author : Christine Bryden
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781843103325
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Dancing with Dementia written by Christine Bryden and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help. This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about.

Five Minutes of Amazing

Author : Chris Graham
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0751565423
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Five Minutes of Amazing written by Chris Graham and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story poses a profound question - do we accept the hand that fate deals us, or do we battle to make the most of the life we have and help others in the process? Chris Graham, just 38 years old but already facing the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, has emphatically chosen the latter. Having lived through a troubled childhood, Chris joined the British Army at a young age and found that the life of a soldier provided him with a much-needed sense of stability. However, his world was turned upside down when, at just 34 years of age, he was diagnosed with a form of early onset dementia. This brutal disease had already claimed the life of his father at 42, along with several other members of his family, and tragically had already confined his brother to a nursing home at the age of 43. In his brother's life, Chris could see a terrifying window into his own near future. Chris, though, is an extraordinary human being. Having been handed nothing less than a death sentence, he decided overnight to stand up to this horrendous disease and do something to leave his mark before it was too late. And so it was that last year, Chris embarked on an awareness-raising 16,000-mile solo cycle around North America, armed only with his bike, a sense of humour, and some good old-fashioned British grit. Leaving his ever-supportive wife Vicky and baby son Dexter at home, he took on huge challenges - for instance, the fear that the ability to discern left from right might leave him at any point while navigating an entire continent - and made it home in time for Christmas, determined to spending however long he has left pouring his love and attention into his family life. Five Minutes of Amazing is both the story of Chris' epic journey and of his fight against the disease increasingly being recognised as the defining disease of our generation. Inspiring and heart-rending in equal measure, it's as important as it is moving, and it will touch everyone who reads it.

Constructing Ambient Intelligence

Author : Reiner Wichert
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642314791
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Constructing Ambient Intelligence written by Reiner Wichert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the AmI 2011 Workshops, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in November 2011. The 55 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on aesthetic intelligence: designing smart and beautiful architectural spaces; ambient intelligence in future lighting systems; interactive human behavior analysis in open or public spaces; user interaction methods for elderly, people with dementia; empowering and integrating senior citizens with virtual coaching; integration of AMI and AAL platforms in the future internet (FI) platform initiative; ambient gaming; human behavior understanding: inducing behavioral change; privacy, trust and interaction in the internet of things; doctoral colloquium.

Dementia Essentials

Author : Jan Hall
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448175577
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Dementia Essentials written by Jan Hall and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia you might step into the new role of carer, helping your relative to remain safe, happy and as independent as possible. In this fully updated and revised edition, Dementia Essentials offers a realistic and reassuring guide to help you and the person affected navigate the complexities of dementia and Alzheimer’s, and face anything that these conditions might place your way. Written by real carers with first-hand experience, this book is now updated with the latest research coupled with essential advice, personal insights and helpful strategies, including: · Advice on medication and getting support from local health professionals · Ideas for encouraging independence, confidence and activity while reducing anxiety, aggression and confusion · Strategies for coping as a carer, helping you understand your emotions and feel more empowered · Guidance on how to prepare for the future, including revised legal and financial advice and tips on choosing a care home Positive and practical, Dementia Essentials will give you with everything you need to provide the best possible care for the person you are supporting.