Recent research on the factors that mediate the emotional wellbeing of the caregivers of
dementia sufferers is reviewed. The roles of such factors as the caregiver's attributional style …

In view of the rapidly aging population, increasing attention has been paid to studying
persons with dementia. Factors associated with its onset, prognosis, and treatment as well …

In my own work on dementia I have tried to develop a view of personhood that meets at least
four main criteria. It must reveal our moral obligations; it must be valid in terms of a …

The original Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood was
published by Open University Press in 1997. It was a seminal text in the field of dementia …

Understanding socially disruptive behavior in dementia is never easy. Most explanations
offer neither solace nor solutions for families and carers, and treatment is often characterized …

This textbook on assessment and outcome measurement is written for both occupational
therapy and physiotherapy students and qualified therapists. It begins by defining what is …

Many cultures have distinguished between biological and social death, the latter usually
occurring some time after the former. More recently social death has been noted to occur …

Objectives. To explore the impact of subgroups and individual symptoms of non‐cognitive
disturbance on the carers of Alzheimer's disease patients. Design. Cross‐sectional study …

A survey of members of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Society confirmed
high rates of psychological morbidity, though not of depression, and social isolation in family …

Sara Arber, profesora de Sociología en la Universidad de Surrey y Jay Ginn, investigadora
en el National Institute for Social Work, coordinan este trabajo elaborado por casi una …