Books on Dementia and Alzheimers

Christine Bryden was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. This book relates her experiences of living with the condition, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks.

Moving, highly topical memoir. The story of a family hit by a double dose of dementia. Mum gets Alzheimer's, Dad vascular dementia. Focus is on relationships: what happens to them as a couple, as parents. And on the family's emotional journey. Depicts dementia as a phase of life lived by both sufferers and carers. Laughter as well as tears.

Teaches readers how to take simple and effective steps to prevent Alzheimer's disease by providing the scientific rationale behind the tools. This title provides strategies for battling age-related memory loss, including drinking apple juice, taking care of your gums.

When Pete started hallucinating clowns in the corner his son knew something wasn't quite right. Here, Alex Demetris draws on his father's experience of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) to shed light on the condition. Exploring both physical and mental changes, this comic shows how LBD symptoms affect people with the condition and their loved ones.

Using over 100 illustrations and captions, Ian Donaghy captures the emotion and the reality of living with dementia. He has a message for all those touched by dementia - those living with dementia, their carers and all professional staff.

For individual carers without enough support, having a loved one with dementia often remains challenging. This text looks at the practicalities and relationships.

Do you remember Pathe News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. This delightful collection of photographic memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade, whether in town or country, wealth or poverty.

Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. A Harvard professor, she has a successful husband and three grown children. She soon finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease. Her short-term memory may be hanging on by a couple of frayed threads, but she is still Alice.