Table of Contents
Meet the Editors 7
Contributors to This Book 9
Foreword Keith Oliver 11
Preface 13
Introduction 15
1 'Discovering my mother through Alzheimer's': Life Story 17
2 'I kept telling myself that he was still grieving for Mum': Diagnosing Dementia in Later Life 29
3 'Getting a diagnosis is not easy': Diagnosing Dementia in Younger Adults 41
4 'Maintaining independence and autonomy': Balancing the Risks 55
5 'Planning ahead is so overwhelming': Advance Care Planning 65
6 'Once he got a diagnosis, the girls had to believe': Distance and Denial of Dementia 77
7 'I feel as though lam going mad': Overwhelming Grief 89
8 'How does physical ill-health affect people with dementia?': Understanding Delirium 99
9 'I thought dementia was just about memory loss': Hallucinations 109
10 'He's run away with another woman': False Beliefs and Delusions 121
11 'He'd sit in that blessed chair all day, he would': Apathy in Dementia 131
12 'Where is your father?': Bereavement and Dementia 145
13 'Time to go home now': A Story of Sundowning 157
14 'Why is it so complicated?': NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding 167
15 'I just felt as though I had failed her when she needed me most': Transition into a Care Home 181
16 'Do people living with dementia feel pain?': Palliative Care and Dementia 195
Appendix: Consultation Is Key 207
Index 217
