Living with the Challenges of Dementia

Patrick McCurry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

156 Seiten

2015
Sheldon Press (Verlag)
978-1-84709-328-8 (ISBN)

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Addressed to carers and loved ones, the book explores how to handle the difficult emotions involved in looking after a loved one with dementia. It examines the harrowing process of effectively losing a person on a day-to-day basis, and suggests the best ways to maintain psychological health and well-being.

More than 800,000 people in the UK are currently affected by dementia, a figure set to increase as the population ages. This book, addressed to carers and loved ones, explores how to handle the difficult emotions involved in looking after a loved one with dementia, such as denial, shame, anger, guilt and grief. It examines the harrowing process of effectively losing a person on a day-to-day basis, and suggests the best ways to maintain psychological health and well-being.

Patrick McCurry is a freelance writer and psychotherapist. A former financial journalist, he worked in Latin America for the Financial Times and Economist Intelligence Unit. He maintains a private counselling practice in London and Eastbourne.

Topics include:*Understanding the changes in memory, personality and behaviour*Developing an understanding of personal challenge*Overcoming loneliness and isolation*How family dynamics may affect the caring experience*'The long goodbye' - coping with progressive decline*Severe dementia and end of life care*Finding meaning in the experience - is there a 'positive' side of looking after someone with dementia?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2015
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	212 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
ISBN-10	1-84709-328-0 / 1847093280
ISBN-13	978-1-84709-328-8 / 9781847093288
Zustand	Neuware