Latest addition to Reconsidering Dementia series is published by McGraw Hill 

ByJDCteam

A new title has been added to the Reconsidering Dementia series: ‘Living with Dementia Reconsidered’. 

Published by McGraw Hill and written by Linda Clare, Catherine Charlwood, Catherine Quinn and Christina Victor, it is a co-produced publication that shares research findings from a decade of the IDEAL programme. It also includes a dementia manifesto call to action. 

Find out more about the book here: https://www.mheducation.co.uk/living-with-dementia-reconsidered-9780335252510-emea-group. Use the discount code ‘OpenUp20’ to get 20% off. 

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