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    Title
    Dancing with Dementia
    Subtitle
    My Story of Living Positively with Dementia
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Christine Bryden
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 200
    Width: 155 mm
    Height: 231 mm
    Thickness: 15 mm
    Weight: 181 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Professional and scholarly
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781843103325
    ISBN 10: 184310332X
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: BIO026000
    BISAC category code: HEA039110
    Dewey: 362.196830092
    LC classification: RC523.3.B7
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T4.0A
    BISAC category code: HEA039140
    BICMainSubject: BGA
    BISAC category code: BIO017000
    Dewey: B
    Publisher
    JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint name
    JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Publication date
    01 April 2005
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Biographical note
    Christine Bryden has worked in the pharmaceutical industry and as a senior executive in the Australian Prime Minister's Department. Following her diagnosis with Alzheimer's Disease in 1995, she has been instrumental in setting up local support groups for people with dementia and has addressed national and international conferences. In 2003 she was the first person with dementia to be elected to the Board of Alzheimer's Disease International. Her first book Who will I be when I die? was published in 1998 and has been translated into several languages. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.
    Main description
    Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Dancing with Dementia is a vivid account of her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband Paul, she continues to lead an active life nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help.This book is a thoughtful exploration of how dementia challenges our ideas of personal identity and of the process of self-discovery it can bring about.
    Table of contents
    Preface. 1. A 'Roller-coaster' journey since early 1998. 2. 'Coming out' with dementia. 3. Let's talk about having dementia. 4. I know who I'll be when I die. Afterword. Appendix 1. Do you believe in miracles? Appendix 2. Frequently asked questions. Appendix 3. Where to go for help. Endnotes.