From Dementia to Rementia : A Guide to Personal Rehabilitation Strategies

This innovative book sets out practical guidance for people with dementia, their families and carers on reducing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Applying a 'rementia' based approach to dementia care, Jackie Pool shows how therapeutic cognitive rehabilitation techniques can be used to reduce symptoms of dementia and ultimately improve quality of life for people living with dementia. Covering topics such as nutrition, stress, communication, memory and sleep, it provides all the tools and information necessary to build a personalised and flexible self-care plan which will improve and sustain quality of life. By clearing away the myths and stigma surrounding dementia, this book creates room for cooperation, creativity and hope. From Dementia toRementia Contents Chapter 1: My 40 Year Journey with Dementia Chapter 2: What Dementia Is and Isn’t Chapter 3: The Case for Rementia Chapter 4: Cognitive Rehabilitation - Nutrition, or How What You Put in Your Body Affects Your Brain Chapter 5: Cognitive Rehabilitation - Emotion, or How You What You Feel Affects Your Brain Chapter 6: Cognitive Rehabilitation: Cognition, or How What You Do Affects Your Brain Chapter 7: Putting It All Together – The Rementia Plan Conclusion References and Reading List Appendix: The QCS1 PoolActivity Level (PAL) Instrument Subject Index Author Index