Books on Dementia

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.

When a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia, many family members assume new roles as carers, helping their relative to remain safe, happy and as independent as possible. This text presents a practical, realistic and reassuring guide to help you and the person with dementia on the journey ahead. Written by a real carer with first-hand experience of the challenges dementia poses, the book is full of essential advice, personal insights and helpful strategies.

Written with both family and professional carers in mind, this book clearly explains what happens to communication as dementia progresses, how this may affect an individual's memory, language and senses, and how carers might need to adapt their approach as a result.

If someone close to you has dementia you will know that communication gradually becomes more difficult and at times frustrating. This jargon-free book explains why this happens and how you have to rethink your whole approach by making key changes to the way you communicate.

For friends and family members of people with dementia, understanding the condition and coping with the impact it has on their lives can be extremely challenging. This book explores each stage of the journey with dementia and explains not only how it will affect the person with the condition, but also those around them and how best to get professional and informal help.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015This unique guide is specifically designed for dementia carers with English as a second language. It is a concise compendium of current thinking on person-centred dementia care that features sample vocabulary and sentences ideal for working specifically with dementia patients. It focuses on the importance of good day-to-day communication skills and positive interaction between patients and carers during different activities. Whether used as a self-study aid or alongside any of the available training courses, it is a must for all carers with English as a second language working in care homes, hospitals, hospices, home support or any other supporting environment.

A revolutionary guide to how you can prevent and reverse memory loss. Comes from two leading neurologists in lifestyle factors contributing to Alzheimer's. THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, PROVEN PROGRAMME FOR REVERSING THE SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE DECLINE Alzheimer's Disease affects over 47 million people worldwide but 90 per cent of cases can be prevented. Based on the largest clinical and observational study to date,The Alzheimer's Solution,by leading neurologists and Alzheimer's specialists Drs Dean and Ayesha Sherzai,provides the essential practical tools you and your family need to reverse the symptoms and prevent cognitive decline. Alzheimer's disease isn't a genetic inevitability and a diagnosis does not need to spell the end of things. Ninety per cent of us can avoid ever getting Alzheimer's and for the 10 per cent with strong genetic risk for brain decline, the disease can be delayed by 10 to 15 years.

A touching tale of love, loss and family, 'The Little Girl in the Radiator' is the story of a man's struggle to care for his mother after her diagnosis with Alzheimer's. Moving back home to care for her, one question plagues Martin - who is the little girl in the radiator who his mum has conversations with?