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Dementia For Dummies, UK Edition

Autor S Atkins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 ian 2015

Learn to:

  • Get the straight facts on dementia
  • Decipher the different types of dementia
  • Uncover the symptoms, causes and risk factors
  • Help someone manage their illness and provide care

Your no-nonsense guide to dealing with dementia

If you know someone who has been diagnosed with dementia, this compassionate guide covers everything you'll encounter while caring for your loved one. You'll discover the symptoms of dementia, make sense of the stages of the illness and grasp the differences between the various types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.

  • The deal with dementia - discover the early warning signs, thought-processing problems and emotional changes associated with dementia
  • What does the future hold? - find guidance on getting a diagnosis, understand the medical and non-medical treatments available and help ease the cognitive, emotional and functional symptoms of a loved one
  • All you need is love - provide good care for your loved one, get to know the challenges that lie ahead and know where to turn for help when you need it
  • The long haul - make sense of domiciliary and longer-term care, adapt an existing home to accommodate a dementia patient and get sensitive and authoritative advice on choosing a care facility

Open the book and find:

  • Exactly what dementia is and how it's diagnosed
  • The causes and risk factors associated with dementia
  • How to get assistance from the state
  • Authoritative guidance on end-of-life planning
  • Ten tips for the caregivers, friends and family of those suffering from dementia
  • Dementia myths debunked
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781118924693
ISBN-10: 111892469X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 187 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:UK Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Primary market:
  • Family members and friends of people diagnosed with dementia, or showing early signs of dementia.
  • Professional carers, and family and friends taking on a caring role.

Secondary market:

  • Trainee healthcare professionals.
  • Professional service organisations such as banks, hotels and retail outlets which perceive a training requirement for helping staff to understand the challenges people with dementia may face.

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Your hands-on guide to dealing with dementia within the UK healthcare system If a loved one has recently been diagnosed with dementia, Dementia For Dummies, UK Edition provides trusted, no-nonsense guidance on what this may mean for you and your family.