Helga Rohra: Dementia Activist | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781785920714 | Dementia Activist | Fighting for Our Rights | Helga Rohra | Buch

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Helga Rohra turns dementia stereotypes on their heads with this candid memoir. Speaking about her diagnosis, day-to-day life and experience of advocacy, she proves that a dementia diagnosis doesn't mean you have to give up on life. With helpful advice and practical tips, this book is a testament to living well with dementia.

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Helga Rohra

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication. Introduction. 1. Before the onset. 2. Summer 2008: There's something the matter with me. 3. Summer 2008: First visit to the doctor - "Go for a walk". 4. Why is early onset dementia slow to be recognised? 5. Spring 2009: University hospital - Waiting and hoping. 6. The diagnosis - I feel as if I'm falling. 7. About Lewy Body dementia and how it has been for me. 8. Summer 2009: At rock bottom - and first aid from the Alzheimer's Society. 9. Doing battle with the bureaucrats. 10. Appointment for assessment. 11. Autumn and winter 2009: Helen Merlin - "Speaking for myself". 12. Shame or difficulty in being open about the symptoms. 13. January 2010: "THIS MAKES SENSE!" - I step out of the shadows. 14. March 2010: Thessaloniki - on my own. 15. My everyday life and how I cope with it. 16. March 2010: I am elected to the board of the Munich Alzheimer's Society. 17. Spring 2010: The media. 18. Speaker at a congress on dementia: Why many people I speak to declare that I am well. 19. July 2010: At the golf course. 20. Why it's wrong to compare people with dementia to children. 21. Things that I would like people to do when interacting with people with dementia. 22. Invisible hurdles in everyday life. 23. Conferences - Talks - Events. 24. Visibility and the "Dementia Card". 25. Mulling over my favourite topics. Acknowledgements. Afterword.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Chirurgie
Genre:	Importe , Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781785920714
ISBN-10:	1785920715
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Rohra, Helga
Hersteller:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	195 x 128 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Helga Rohra
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.07.2016
Gewicht:	0,153 kg