Talking with Dementia Reconsidered

McGraw Hill 0335251285 · 9780335251285 by Keith Oliver, Reinhard Guss, Ruth Bartlett Already knowing Keith Oliver through my work at University of Bradford’s Centre for Applied Dementia Studies and DEEP (Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project), I approached this book with eager anticipation. I was not disappointed: the book offered new perspectives that reinforced my understanding. It begins...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Book review – The Memory Key

Benson A (2024) The Memory Key – book review. Journal of Dementia Care 32(4)21. The Memory Key Review by Arthur Benson The Memory Key is a graphic novel written by Nigel Baines who also wrote A Tricky Kind of Magic which I previously read and enjoyed. It’s a story that involves not just magic but...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Book review: A New Understanding of “Dementia”: A Guide

by Dr Michael Bender Available at https://agewisebooks.uk/ Michael Bender worked as a clinical psychologist, mostly in the field of dementia. This book brings together his clinical experience and scientific evidence about dementia. Bender cites research evidence that contrasts with the received wisdom about the causes of most dementias, especially Alzheimer’s disease. He questions the decades-long...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Book review

LGBTQ+ People and Dementia: A Good Practice Guide Sue Westwood and Elizabeth Price,Jessica Kingsley Publishers,ISBN 9781839973307 £16.99 This slim volume, one of the University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides, is packed full of information, insights and helpful guidance. The book explains the particular challenges for LGBTQ+ people who are affected by dementia and why...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Sailing into uncharted waters. The story behind Admiral Nursing

In this beautifully produced book, Jane Jason tells the story of Admiral Nursing and what is now Dementia UK. It is a personal story and also the story of a changing world and changing attitudes to dementia over those years, taking us back through what were also the early years of the Journal of Dementia...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Education and Training in Dementia Care: A Person-centred Approach

Claire Surr, Sarah Jane Smith and Isabelle Latham, Open University Press, ISBN 9780335251124, £25.99 If you are involved in providing dementia education and training in any shape or form, this book is a “must read”.   The ambition to improve understanding of dementia and develop a skilled, confident and competent workforce has received much attention...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Book Review – Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered

Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered Richard Cheston, Open University Press, ISBN 9780335250981, £25.99 Richard Cheston’s book aims to provide an in depth and nuanced understanding of how to support people living with dementia to remain in their communities over the long term, through the provision of psychotherapy. The author has been a pioneer over 30 years...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Near Nature – Poetry of Dementia

Edited and introduced by John Killick. Illustrated by Sophie Standing. Lab4Living ISBN 9781843874409 Articles in JDC over the last 30 years have tracked John Killick’s exceptional work. He started listening to people with dementia, and shaping their words into poetry, as writer in residence with Westminster Health Care in the early 1990s (interviewed in JDC...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Book review

Living a good life with Dementia: A practitioner’s guide  Liz Leach Murphy and Jayna Patel, Critical Publishing, ISBN 9781914171567, £24.99.   My name is Willy and I have Alzheimer’s disease, as does my friend Gerry. So what does that mean you know about us? I have a passion for painting, the Beatles and Mediterranean food. Gerry...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here