Publisher's Synopsis
How to Live Well with Dementia: Expert Help for People Living with Dementia and their Family, Friends, and Carer Partners provides an array of essential guidance about the different aspects of dementia for all whose lives are touched by dementia, including people living with dementia as well as their support network.Following an effective Q&A framework, this book offers valuable easy to navigate guidance on the burning questions that those living with dementia and their carers need to know. Questions addressed include 'How can I adjust to life with the diagnosis?', 'How can I plan for the future?' and 'How can we support our loved ones living with dementia?'. It provides expert explanations about changes in the brain and the various causes of dementia, and well as support on how to adjust to living with a diagnosis. It also offers practical information about care planning and advanced directives, maintaining health and social connections, accessing appropriate community care, and supporting medical and hospital care. It concludes with important self-care information for care partners.Written jointly by academic experts and experts by lived experience, this book is indispensable for people living with dementia, care partners, and anyone wanting to understand more about the condition, as well as health and social care professionals and students of health and social care.
