Caring for someone who has dementia / Jane Brotchie.

By:

Brotchie, Jane

Contributor(s):

Age Concern England

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Caring in a crisis | Caring in a crisisPublication details: London : ACE, c1995.Description: 124p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780862421823 (pbk.) :
0862421829

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.196831 BRO

Contents:

Summary: This book guides readers through the main crisis points that may occur during dementia - hearing the initial diagnosis, deciding on care in the early stages, dealing with the disease itself, and facing the fact that one can no longer cope.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	362.196831 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		111524

Includes index.

Introduction--1. Understanding dementia:--What is dementia?--Illnesses that cause dementia--Possible stages of dementia--Getting medical help--What should you tell your relative?--2. Thinking ahead:- Staying independent--Where should your relative live?--Telling other people--Looking further ahead--Coping with the responsibility--Caring at a distance--3. Finding help:- Who can help?--Health professionals who can help--Approaching social services--Getting a break from caring--Making independent arrangements--4. The later stages of dementia:- Problems in the later stages of dementia--Residential or nursing home care--5. Making legal and financial decisions:- Managing someone else's finances--The costs of caring--Making a will--Making a 'living will'--6. How caring afects you:- How you feel as a carer--Coping with caring.

This book guides readers through the main crisis points that may occur during dementia - hearing the initial diagnosis, deciding on care in the early stages, dealing with the disease itself, and facing the fact that one can no longer cope.