What You Really Want to Know About Life with Dementia

Karen Harrison Dening (Author) Dr Karen Harrison Dening is Head of Research & Publications at Dementia UK, home of Admiral Nursing. She has years of expertise in palliative and end-of-life care, advance care planning and case management in dementia. Her previous books with Jessica Kingsley Publishers are Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia for Nurses and Nursing Students, and Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity: Issues for AllHilda Hayo (Author) Dr Hilda Hayo became Chief Admiral Nurse & CEO for Dementia UK in 2013. As a dual registered nurse, she has held senior positions in clinical services, hospital management and higher education.Christine Reddall (Author) Christine Reddall has worked in many different settings. As a community Macmillan Nurse, realising that people with dementia and those with learning disabilities rarely accessed good palliative and end-of-life care, she concentrated her efforts in enabling this. Christine has used her experience gained from both professional and personal perspective to help promote awareness of young dementias.

A valuable resource for family and friends who find themselves taking on the mantle of looking after someone with dementia. The range of specialists provide a comprehensive resource of clinical information, advice, and guidance.

• Foreword.Preface.Admiral Nursing.Chapter 1 - Consultation is key.Chapter 2 - 'Discovering my mother through Alzheimer's' - Life Story. Chapter 3 - 'I kept telling myself that he was still grieving for Mum' - Diagnosing dementia in later life.Chapter 4 - 'Getting a diagnosis is not easy'- Diagnosis of dementia under the age of 65.Chapter 5 - 'Maintaining independence and autonomy' - Balancing the risks.Chapter 6 - 'Planning ahead is so overwhelming' - Advance care planning.Chapter 7 - 'Once he got a diagnosis the girls had to believe' - Distance and denial of dementia.Chapter 8 - 'I feel as though I am going mad' - Overwhelming grief.Chapter 9 - 'How does physical ill health affect people with dementia?' - Understanding delirium.Chapter 10 - 'I thought dementia was just about memory loss?' - Hallucinations.Chapter 11 - 'He's run away with another woman' - False beliefs and delusions.Chapter 12 - 'He'd sit in that blessed chair all day, he would' - Apathy in Dementia.Chapter 13 - 'Where is your father?' - Bereavement and dementia.Chapter 14 - 'Time to go home now' - A story of sundowning.Chapter 15 - 'Why is it so difficult to get NHS continuing healthcare funding?'Chapter 16 - 'I just felt as though I had failed her when she needed me most' - Transition into a care home.Chapter 17 - 'Dementia patients don't feel pain' - Palliative care and dementia.