Dancing with dementia : my story of living positively with dementia / Christine Bryden.
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TextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781843103325 (pbk.); 184310332X (pbk.)Subject(s): Bryden, Christine, 1949- -- Mental health | Dementia -- Patients -- Biography | Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- BiographyReview: "Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help." "This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help." "This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about."--BOOK JACKET.
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