Description
Living with Alzheimer’s
Disease and Similar Conditions
Families and Carers
By Dr. Gordon Wilcock, London
1999
Penguin Books
ISBN 0-14-027913-X
Price 6.99
This book is easily readable without being oversimplified, contains clear clinical
information without being overwhelming,
and provides sensible, easy to follow ideas
about the day to day care of people suffering
from dementia.
There are various sections which follow
a logical progression. This book can be
read carefully and absorbed or read by dipping
in on a need to know basis. The section
covers everything from the technical information
about what happens in the brain of the sufferer,
exploding some myths along the way, to nursing
management, to maintaining independence
and dignity, to practical issues such as
finding an appropriate residential nursing
home, driving, and the legal aspects involved
when someone can no longer manage their
own affairs.
This book would be an invaluable aid to
anybody, qualified or not, working in the
field of care with dementia sufferers, or
indeed to any member of the general public
who wishes to broaden their knowledge base.
Rhoda Curtis CPN
The Becton Centre
The Fairway
Barton on Sea
Hants, BH25 7AE
UK
