What You Really Want to Know About Life with Dementia

What You Really Want to Know About Life with Dementia

Real stories and expert advice for family, friends and people with dementia

Hayo, Hilda; Dening, Karen Harrison; Reddall, Christine; Oliver, Keith

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

12/2022

224

Mole

Inglês

9781787756953

15 a 20 dias

220

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Foreword.
Preface.
Admiral Nursing.
Chapter 1 - Consultation is key.
Chapter 2 - 'Discovering my mother through Alzheimer's' - Life Story.
Chapter 3 - 'I kept telling myself that he was still grieving for Mum' -
Diagnosing dementia in later life.
Chapter 4 - 'Getting a diagnosis is not easy'- Diagnosis of dementia under the age of 65.
Chapter 5 - 'Maintaining independence and autonomy' - Balancing the risks.
Chapter 6 - 'Planning ahead is so overwhelming' - Advance care planning.
Chapter 7 - 'Once he got a diagnosis the girls had to believe' - Distance and denial of dementia.
Chapter 8 - 'I feel as though I am going mad' - Overwhelming grief.
Chapter 9 - 'How does physical ill health affect people with dementia?' -
Understanding delirium.
Chapter 10 - 'I thought dementia was just about memory loss?' - Hallucinations.
Chapter 11 - 'He's run away with another woman' - False beliefs and delusions.
Chapter 12 - 'He'd sit in that blessed chair all day, he would' - Apathy in
Dementia.
Chapter 13 - 'Where is your father?' - Bereavement and dementia.
Chapter 14 - 'Time to go home now' - A story of sundowning.
Chapter 15 - 'Why is it so difficult to get NHS continuing healthcare funding?'
Chapter 16 - 'I just felt as though I had failed her when she needed me most' - Transition into a care home.
Chapter 17 - 'Dementia patients don't feel pain' - Palliative care and dementia.
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