Dementia affects more than 700,000 people in the UK; Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, affecting around 417,000 people in the UK and some four million in the USA. While dementia affects mostly older people, some 17,000 young people also have dementia in the UK. There are treatments, but no cure. Caring for people with dementia is a well-recognized burden, but recently there have been moves to represent this in a more positive light, emphasising people with dementia as individuals who deserve respect, rather than as the challenge as which they have traditionally been viewed. Nevertheless, for individual carers without enough support, having a loved one with dementia often remains challenging. This book looks at practicalities and relationships, including: Defining Alzheimer’s and other dementias; Diagnosis; After diagnosis; planning for the future; Medications to help with symptoms such as memory problems, wandering, and aggressive behavior; Other therapies such as music therapy; Practicalities: coping with strange behaviour, confusion, memory problems. Outside help and services and how to access them; Later stages of dementia; issues to consider such as residential care, financial arrangements, wills and living wills; Coping with being a carer
Editorial Reviews
Review
I would suggest it as an introductory guide for people with limited knowledge of dementia who want an overview of what life as a carer may be life. This could be at the point of seeking help or when going through a dementia diagnosis as a carer, relative or friend. — Janet Baylis, Manager of the Dementia Knowledge Centre
I read the book with great interest – it brought back a number of my own experiences. How much easier life would have been , if I had read this useful little book before life sent us along the “dementia road”. This book is well written, clear, concise, yet with sufficient detail to cover all aspects – practical and financial as well as emotional. I like the gentle empathy that is evident throughout, and the fact that it is not too long – a carer rarely finds time or energy to indulge in reading. — Carmen Jones
Book Description
A guide on how to cope if you are a carer, relative or close friend of someone with dementia, revised and updated.
From the Author
Susan Elliot-Wright is an established Sheldon author whose other books include Coping with Emotional Abuse, Coping with Type 2 Diabetes, and Living with Heart Failure. She is also an award-winning fiction writer. She lives in Sheffield.
About the Author
Susan Elliot-Wright is a best-selling novelist and health writer. She is the author of several Sheldon books including Coping with Epilepsy in Children and Young People, Overcoming Insomnia, Living with Heart Failure, When Someone You Love Has Dementia and Coping with Type 2 Diabetes.
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