Dementia
Subtitle: the one-stop guide : practical advice for families, professionals, and people living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease
By: June Andrews
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781781251713; 9781847659910
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Dementia; Popular works; Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer Disease; Health and Fitness; Health and Wellbeing
Description: Need to Know About Dementia? Aims to fill this gap, providing practical information and support for living with, or caring for, dementia. With clear and sensible information about recognising symptoms, getting help, managing financially, staying at home, treatment, being a carer and staying positive, this guide will help dementia sufferers and their families to make sure that they can stay well and happy as long as possible.
Notes: NOTE : Dementia friendly Margaret River collection

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is dementia?; title: Getting a diagnosis; title: Adjusting to the news : for carers; title: Adjusting to the news : for people with dementia; title: what are friends for?; title: How to keep dementia at bay; title: Managing care at home; title: Disturbing behaviours; title: Your dementia-friendly home; title: What you should expect from the social care system; title: what you should expect from the NHS; title: The dangrs of a hospital admission and how to avoid them; title: Some important legal issues; title: what to look for in a care home; title: Advice on complaints an sample letter; title: Resources and helpful organisations.