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Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood (Open University Press, 1997)
While recognising the enormous difficulties relating to dementia, this book demonstrates the possibility of a better life for people who have dementia, and comes to a cautiously optimistic conclusion.
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Dancing with Dementia: My Story of Living Positively with Dementia by Christine Bryden (Jessica Kingsley, 2005)
The author was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia. This book is a vivid account of her experiences.
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Introducing Dementia: The essential facts and issues of care by David Sutcliffe (Age Concern Books, 2001)
Invaluable advice concerning all aspects of care, such as coping with finances and finding support for people with dementia and their carers. The author champions the need for an holistic approach which treats the sufferer, not the condition, and ensures the carer's health and welfare is not neglected in the process.
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When Our Parents Need Us: Caring for Ageing Parents by Lynnita Mattock (Pathfinder Publishing, 2002)
This is the story of two adult daughters managing the challenging reversal of roles as they nurse their elderly father through a terminal illness. The frustrations of handling both a stubborn and temperamental parent and an often-baffling medical system will ring true with anyone caring for elderly loved ones.
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How to Thrive Past 55 by Hilary Todd (Research into Ageing, 2002)
Full of straightforward advice, this book uses the latest scientific evidence to explain how you can help yourself to the best of health.
To order a copy, visit www.helptheaged.org.uk/acatalog/Books.html or telephone 0870 770 0441.

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