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What the Hell Happened to my Brain? by Kate Swaffer; Disclaimer; Foreword by Dr Richard Taylor; Foreword by Glenn Rees, AM; Foreword by Dr Shibley Rahman; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Author's Note ; Introduction; 1. Why Me, Why This, Why Now?; 2. The Early Days; 3. So, What the Hell Did Happen to My Brain?; 4. Illness, Sadness and Positivity; 5. The Dementia Train and Not Sweating the Small Stuff ; 6. Thank you, Richard Taylor; 7. Reactions to Dementia: Yours, Mine, Others; 8. The Burden of Disbelief; 9. Being Diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia |
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10. Children of People with Younger Onset Dementia11. Early vs Delayed Diagnosis; 12. Dementia, Grief and Loss: It's Very Complicated; 13. The Emotional Toll of Letting Go ; 14. Myths of Dementia; 15. Loneliness and Dementia; 16. Prescribed Disengagement®; 17. Dementia as a DisAbility; 18. Stigma and Dementia; 19. The Language of Dementia; 20. Dementia and Word Finding; 21. Employment and Dementia; 22. Driving and Dementia; 23. Family Care Partners or BUBs (Back-Up Brains); 24. Care Partners Speaking Out Publicly About People with Dementia; 25. Guilt |
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26. Who's Got the 'Challenging Behaviours'?27. Dementia and Common Sense ; 28. Interventions for Dementia; 29. Blogging and Writing as Interventions for Dementia; 30. Advocacy as an Intervention for Dementia; 31. Volunteering as an Intervention for Dementia; 32. Dementia-friendly/Accessible Communities; 33. Human Rights in Dementia and Aged Care ; 34. There is Big Money in Dementia; 35. Nothing About Us, Without Us ... ; 36. Love, Gifts, Dementia and Dying ; 37. A Final Word on Resilience and Memory; 38. Proof People with Dementia Can Live Beyond a Diagnosis of Dementia |
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Appendix 1 -- Dementia: A Brief SummaryAppendix 2 -- Resources; References; Blank Page |
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Drawing on her own experiences, Kate Swaffer explores the daily challenges faced by those diagnosed with young onset dementia. Challenging the notion of 'prescribed disengagement', Kate offers a fresh perspective on how to live well with dementia, and how family, friends and dementia care professionals can support people post diagnosis |
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Swaffer, Kate |
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Dementia -- Patients -- Great Britain
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Medical care.
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Alzheimer Disease
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Dementia
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Family Relations
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Patient Care
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Medical care.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Dementia -- Patients.
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Great Britain.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1784500739 |
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9781784500733 |
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