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1 online resource (391 pages .) |
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Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
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| Contents |
What the Hell Happened to my Brain? by Kate Swaffer -- Disclaimer -- Foreword by Dr Richard Taylor -- Foreword by GlennRees, AM -- Foreword by DrShibley 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 -- 10. Children of People with Younger Onset Dementia -- 11. 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 -- 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 -- Appendix 1 -- Dementia: A Brief Summary -- Appendix 2 -- Resources -- References -- Blank Page |
| Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Swaffer, Kate -- Mental health
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| SUBJECT |
Swaffer, Kate |
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Dementia -- Patients -- Biography
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care
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Dementia -- Patients -- Family relationships
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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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Medical care
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Alzheimer's disease
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients
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Dementia -- Patients
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care
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Dementia -- Patients -- Family relationships
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Mental health
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781784500733 |
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1784500739 |
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