ABSTRACT

Dementia in Close-Up is a clear and practical guide to dementia and the world of the dementia sufferer.
Bere Miesen assumes no medical or specialist knowledge and uses first hand accounts and real-life examples to examiners on patterns of behaviour and responses of sufferers and their carers. He focuses on the complex and varied relationships between the sufferer, their family and professional carers, and explores the conflict that can sometimes be engendered by dependency, fear and sustained closeness.
Going beyond the purely medical descriptions of dementia, Dementia in Close-Up strives to give families and health professionals the means to form caring and rewarding relationships and to help everyone involved.

part I|101 pages

Dementia in close-up

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction to Part I

chapter 2|8 pages

If only I had known that

chapter 3|17 pages

What does dementia involve?

chapter 4|27 pages

Seeking a handhold

chapter 5|24 pages

In search of safety

chapter 6|15 pages

Families and a ‘missing' person

chapter 7|5 pages

Summary of Part I

part II|123 pages

Dementia in close-up

chapter 8|6 pages

Working with persons with dementia

chapter 10|12 pages

From working to caring

chapter 11|13 pages

Adoption

chapter 12|17 pages

Power

chapter 13|15 pages

Transference and counter-transference

chapter 14|16 pages

Intimacy and sexuality

chapter 15|15 pages

Aggression

chapter 16|13 pages

A basis for tomorrow