TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brotchie,Jane
ED  - Age Concern England.
TI  - Caring for someone who has dementia
T2  - Caring in a crisis
SN  - 9780862421823 (pbk.) :
U1  - 362.196831 BRO 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - London
PB  - ACE
KW  - Care of the sick
KW  - Dementia
KW  - Patients
KW  - Senile dementia
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Mentally ill aged
KW  - Care
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Home nursing & caring
KW  - thema
KW  - Coping with illness & specific conditions
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -