A personal thank you to Prof John Hodges from me – and congratulations for...
I am delighted that Prof John Hodges has been honoured in this year’s #AAIC2015. John took a major rôle in guiding me over my own Ph.D. thesis at the University of Cambridge on the M.B./Ph.D. programme...
View ArticleReferences for my last book ‘Enhancing health for living with dementia: care...
The references are given as below. This will give you a good flavour of the topics I wish to cover in my final book. I am honoured that the Forewords to my book will be written by Prof Sube Banerjee,...
View ArticleMy book ‘Living well with dementia’ wins first prize for health and social...
Recently, my friends have been trying to motivate me to tell me that I should consider writing and researching about the quality of life as a full time job. I had recently been feeling as if my work...
View ArticleReview of my book ‘Living better with dementia’ in Mental Health Today
Many thanks to Fenella Lemonsky (@organiclemon) for this helpful review of my book in “Mental Health Today) [here is the link to the original article.] I find reviews like this a useful steer on...
View ArticleEnhancing health and wellbeing in living with dementia: care homes and care...
I am currently working on this third book on dementia. These therefore follow on from my previous books ‘Living well with dementia: the importance of the person and the environment’ (CRC Press,...
View ArticleEnhancing health and wellbeing in dementia: care homes and care at home
I am very honoured that the main foreword will be by Prof Sube Banerjee, Chair of Dementia at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Sube is very influential in English dementia policy. His contributions...
View ArticleVlog on @KateSwaffer’s “What the hell happened to my brain?” (pub Jan 21, 2016)
I received this morning my copy of “What the hell happened to my brain?” written by leading international advocate in dementia, Kate Swaffer. This book is due to be released by Jessica Kingsley...
View ArticleChapter 12 on palliative care and end of life in dementia
Crossroad signpost saying this way, that way, another way concept for lost, confusion or decisions The penultimate chapter of my book will discuss palliative care and end of life care in dementia. This...
View ArticleScoping exercise for a new book for junior doctors on dementia
Recent personal experience has allowed me to witness excellent acute hospital care. But I have also witnessed some examples of how clearly hospitals are potentially unpleasant environments for...
View ArticleViews of experts by experience urgently needed for a new book on dementia for...
I personally find the term ‘expert by experience’ a bit “clunky”, but I am in absolutely no doubt that the people who know about dementia the most are those living with the condition, and they know the...
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