Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.
Adults are being increasingly diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and this book provides strategies for concerned individuals to help slow the onset of the condition. Around 50% of adults with MCI go on to develop dementia, but research shows that self-help through early intervention and preventative measures can hugely slow this down.
The self-help measures in this book include memory aids, health and lifestyle changes, activities, therapies and technological aids. All of them are known to improve cognition and can be incorporated into daily life. Every measure is firmly based in current research, and this book is also applicable to those with early-stage dementia wishing to delay the onset of more severe cognitive impairment.
Given the paramount importance of early intervention to prevent cognitive impairment worsening, this book is essential reading for any older individual wanting the best strategies to help with how to do this in practice.
Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.
Adults are being increasingly diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and this book provides strategies for concerned individuals to help slow the onset of the condition. Around 50% of adults with MCI go on to develop dementia, but research shows that self-help through early intervention and preventative measures can hugely slow this down.
The self-help measures in this book include memory aids, health and lifestyle changes, activities, therapies and technological aids. All of them are known to improve cognition and can be incorporated into daily life. Every measure is firmly based in current research, and this book is also applicable to those with early-stage dementia wishing to delay the onset of more severe cognitive impairment.
Given the paramount importance of early intervention to prevent cognitive impairment worsening, this book is essential reading for any older individual wanting the best strategies to help with how to do this in practice.
Chapter 1 What is Mild Cognitive Impairment?
Chapter 2 Practical Matters
Chapter 3 Physical Health
Chapter 4 Lifestyle - Activities of Daily Living
Chapter 5 Factors Which May Benefit Cognition
Chapter 6 Memory Aids
Chapter 7 Thinking About the Future
Chapter 8 Can Dementia be Prevented After a 'Diagnosis' of MCI?
Chapter 9 If the Worst Should Happen - Planning in the Event of a
Dementia Diagnosis
Chapter 10 Sources of Help, Advice and Support
How individuals can manage early signs of Mild Cognitive Impairment and memory loss, through engaging in preventative activities and self-help measures
Mary Jordan is co-founder of AdaptDementia Ltd. She has a wealth of professional and personal experience, having previously worked for Alzheimer's Society, the NHS, and caring for aging relatives. She also spent 2 years running a diagnostic memory clinic with a consultant psychiatrist. Mary lives in Hampshire, UK.
Mary Jordan's book is essential reading for those who are living
with long term and progressive Mild Cognitive Impairment - a
condition that is neither a disease nor dementia but which causes
similar functional difficulties. It is written clearly as a
self-help guide, with evidence based theory and practical,
achievable solutions to managing memory loss and reducing the risk
of dementia.
*Jackie Pool, Director of Memory Care, Sunrise Senior Living
UK*
Let's suppose you have some memory loss but have been told that you
do not have dementia. Or you are just getting older. This is the
book for you. It is packed with sensible, easy to understand and
invaluable advice on how to keep physically and mentally fit as you
age.
*Dr Nori Graham, Vice President of the Alzheimer’s Society and
Alzheimer’s Disease International*
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