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First Steps to Living with Dementia

Symptoms, treatments and where to find help

by Simon Atkins

Concise and helpful go-to guide for those working with or ministering to people living with Dementia by Dr. Simon Atkins.

    • Author

      Simon Atkins

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Lion Hudson

    • Published

      February 2013

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    First Steps to Living with Dementia

    Today's Price £5.48



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    Continuing this helpful and insightful series on the problems and difficulties that you’re often left to face alone, ‘First Steps’ helps you start to find your feet in understanding dementia and Alzheimer’s. Dr Simon Atkins addresses your concerns on topics including what symptoms should to look out for, where to find help, what treatments are available this is a short, but comprehensive introduction.

    Whether you are concerned for yourself or someone else, First Steps clears away the myths and sets out the facts about this increasingly common condition. This First Steps guide gives advice on diagnosis, conventional medical treatments and alternative remedies, the social and financial support available, and the lifestyle changes that can help prevent it.

    A busy GP and prolific author, Dr Atkins is a freelance medical journalist writing for The Guardian, GQ, Take a break and Men’s Health, as well as a presenter of the BBC3 series ‘Make Me a Baby’.

    With a clear need for better understanding of the condition, both for those who suffer from it and those around them, this book raises awareness of what it may mean, and to know what can be done to improve the mental health of those affected.

    What is dementia? Is it the same as Alzheimer’s? What symptoms should you look out for? Where can you go to find help? What treatments are available? In this short but comprehensive introduction, Dr Simon Atkins clears away the myths, and sets out the facts about this increasingly common condition. Whether you are concerned for yourself or someone else, First Steps to living with Dementia will advise you about how it is diagnosed, conventional medical treatments and alternative remedies, the social and financial support available, and the lifestyle changes that can help prevent it.

    Simon Atkins is a GP in a busy practice, but also a prolific author, and has been a freelance medical journalist since 1996. He presented the BBC3 series Make Me a Baby, and has spoken on various medical issues on radio. He has also written for the Guardian, GQ, Take a break and Men’s Health.

    Thousands suffer from dementia. There is a clear need for better understanding of the condition, both for those who suffer from it and those around them - to be aware of what it may mean, and to know what can be done to improve the mental health of sufferers. This book provides an easy and accessible introduction. 'First Steps' is a successful series of short, affordable self-help books on a range of key topics. Other titles in the series include: Menopause, Divorce, Weight Problems, Anxiety, Bereavement, Depression, Eating Disorders, Problem Gambling and Problem Drinking.

    Specification

    • Author

      Simon Atkins

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Lion Hudson

    • Published

      February 2013

    • Edition

      1st New edition

    • Weight

      96g

    • Page Count

      98

    • Dimensions

      127 x 178 x 6 mm

    • ISBN

      9780745955568

    • ISBN-10

      0745955568

    • Eden Code

      4049493

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Simon Atkins

    • ISBN: 9780745955568

    • Publisher: Lion Hudson

    • Release Date: February 2013

    • Weight: 96g

    • Dimensions: 127 x 178 x 6 mm

    • Eden Code: 4049493


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