Reading Well for Dementia 2024 Booklist
Slow and delay the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, from memory loss to disorientation, with this practical activity book. Over 50 activities to choose from accordingly relating to mood, ability, and energy level. Panels include a range of advice and highlight the reactions activities may trigger and how to deal with them. Includes general guidance on the nature of memory loss and dementia and how to interact with the condition. Suitable for people with Alzheimer's, Vascular dementia, and other types of cognitive impairment.
Dementia Essentials
Jan Hall
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 and helpful strategies, including advice on medication, getting support from local health professionals, ideas for encouraging independence while reducing anxiety, aggression and confusion. As well as strategies for coping as a carer and guidance on how to prepare for the future.
Practical Handbook of Living with Dementia
Isla Parker
This wide-ranging book takes a person-centred approach to supporting the person and their families/carers to live with dementia and seeks to challenge the stigma attached to the condition
Remember me?: discovering my mother as she lost her memory
Shobna Gulati
In December 2019, soon after her mother's untimely death to dementia, Shobna Gulati discovered a box tucked away amongst her mother's possessions. In it lay a catalogue of cut-out clippings of every time Shobna's name had been mentioned in the press. What was strange about this discovery was that throughout Shobna's life her mother had barely mentioned her daughter's career highs nor the box of memories she'd filed them into. In this deeply moving, tender and humorous memoir, a daughter sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death and bring it into the present
Practical self-help strategies for older individuals and their families to help slow the onset of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Includes activities, health and lifestyle changes, memory aids, therapies, and technological aids. Also suitable for those with early-stage dementia wishing to prevent the condition worsening
Take care, son: the story of my dad and his dementia
Tony Husband
When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments - daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved
Intellectual disability and dementia: research into practice
Karen Watchman
Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services. Recognised experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and training, care pathways, service design, measuring outcomes and the experiences of individuals, families and carers
United: caring for our loved ones living with dementia
Gina Awad
This title captures the real life tales of people with dementia, and from the loved ones and professional carers who support them. Stories from families living with the realities of dementia are illustrated in a humorous but moving style and will be relatable and supportive for anyone touched by dementia in their live
How to help someone with dementia: a practical guide to caring for your loved one and yourself
Michelle Hamill
Whilst the stigma of dementia can be powerful it should not restrict a person from finding meaning and purpose in life. Psychologists Dr Michelle Hamill and Dr Martina McCarthy believe that a holistic and relationship-centred understanding of dementia can help to acknowledge the challenges of the condition, whilst enabling people to live with dignity. This book provides insights and ideas to improve quality of life for both you and your loved one, drawing on the experiences of people who are caring for a person with dementia from our services
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
This essential guidebook presents the wide range of issues faced by family carers and dementia patients. Grounded in real stories, the book includes case studies, frequently asked questions and expert advice
FAQs on dementia
DR. Tom Russ
Will my partner stop loving me now they have dementia? Does my mum have to go into a home now? Is dementia a terminal illness? All these questions, and hundreds more, are covered in this short but powerful, helpful, practical guide to understanding the nature, and impact, of dementia. Read at your leisure, or dip in and out when you most need the support or to shine a light on the issues and concerns that are making you uncomfortable or unhappy, and to bring them out of the shadows so you can understand and accept them
Why Dementia Makes Communication Difficult: A Guide to Better Outcomes
Alison Wray
A major effect of dementia is its impact on communication. Alison Wray explains why the changes occur and offers practical ideas for avoiding key pitfalls. With attention also to the fraught question of well-intentioned lying, this book offers a wealth of ways to improve conversations and relationships when someone is living with a dementia
Somebody I used to know
Wendy Mitchell
When Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 58, she had to say goodbye to the woman she once was. Her career in the NHS, her ability to drive, cook and run - the various shades of her independence - were suddenly gone. Yet Wendy was determined not to give in. In this phenomenal memoir, Wendy grapples with questions most of us have never had to consider. What do you value when loss of memory reframes what you have, how you have lived and what you stand to lose?
Unforgettable: rugby, dementia and the fight of my life
Steve Thompson
In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum. But the triumphs came at a cost. Today, he remembers nothing about playing in that final. Steve has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He is in his early forties. There are days when he doesn't remember the names of his wife and four kids. But Steve doesn't hate the game of rugby. He wants to change it.
Children’s Stock
My book about brains, change and dementia: what is dementia and what does it do?
Lynda Moore
Explaining the complex concepts of dementia - such as brain function, disease progression and death - in a direct and age-appropriate way, as well as exploring children's feelings about these issues, this book caters for children aged 4+ who have a loved one at any stage of dementia
The stories Grandma forgot (and how I found them)
Nadine Aisha Jassat
'Grandma Farida has Alzheimer's - but I'm going to help her remember a huge secret'. Twelve-year-old Nyla's dad died when she was four, or that's what she's been told. So when Grandma Farida insists she saw him in the local supermarket, Nyla wonders if Grandma is simply 'time travelling' again - the phrase she uses when Grandma forgets. As Nyla turns detective and sets out on a journey through her family's past to try and find the truth, she also hopes that uncovering important stories will help her understand who she is, and where she fits in the world.
Elmer and the gift
David McKee
Aunt Zelda has a gift to give to Elmer from his Grandpa Eldo, but she can't remember what it is or where it is. Zelda's memory sometimes escapes her, and her hearing isn't what it used to be, so they set off together to find Grandpa Eldo and solve the mystery of the forgotten gift