Over 25,000 older people from minority ethnic backgrounds live with dementia in the UK. Research suggests that these communities often face inequalities across the dementia care pathway and often don't receive/access support until crisis point. Our modern society is wonderfully diverse with a range of cultures and ethnicities, with their own ......
Individuals or families receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or brain damage from a stroke face daunting questions: how to provide care when the patient can no longer manage his or her own affairs, how to protect their rights and property, where to go for help, and how to cope with the day-to-day challenges of fading memory and ......
Dementia poses a profound and difficult journey for those directly affected, and for their loved ones and caregivers too. Life at home goes through a significant change, but with the right tools, some patience and compassion, it is possible to create a fulfilling home environment while caring for a loved one with dementia.
Using the Art of Poetry to Become a Reflective Practitioner
Dancing with Dementia: Using the Art of Poetry to Become a Reflective Practitioner collects poems written by Robert John Raingruber as he began his descent into Lewy Body Dementia and his wife, Bonnie Jean Raingruber, a mental health nurse, as she cared for him. After the poems, the book provides readers with a tutorial on how to develop their own ......
The Story of Barbara Ella Milton, Sr. and Alzheimer's Disease
In the fall of 2015, Barbara Ella Milton, Sr. called her only child to ask for her help. That call would change both of their lives dramatically. Barbara Sr. had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, and she needed the help of her daughter to navigate this new and challenging phase of her life. Written with immense tenderness and ......
Worried about memory loss and dementia risk? This new book will show you easy-to-follow steps to keep your brain healthy. Emily Clionsky, MD, and Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, are a physician and neuropsychologist couple who have cared for their own parents with dementia, created a test used by doctors to measure cognitive function, and treated more ......
For the first time, those at the front lines of care have access to a single source for a comprehensive set of practical tools to effectively address distressing and harmful interactions between residents with dementia. This prevalent but under-recognized public health problem in long-term care homes results in serious consequences, including ......
This book explains in layperson's terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which ......
