| Helge. A common Alzheimer Case
This is Helge, he went moose hunting with his son, even though he was very forgetful and showed signs of dementia. |
| Britt-Inger. Alzheimer Disease early in life
This is Britt-Inger, she writes in her diary"....I think I should be able to get my drivers licence back! I know a lot of people that have worse memory than me, and haven't even gone to the doctor, nor lost their drivers licence...." |
| Hulda. An Alzheimer Dementia in the late stages
This is Hulda, she wants to go home to her mother. She is 84 years old and lives at an elderly home ... |
| Anna. A cardiovascular dementia
This is Anna, she does not know when it is day or night. Her daughter-in-law already knows who is calling but still answers:
"Hello, this is Eva"
"Hello This is Anna, I wanted to ask something"
"Can't it wait until tomorrow? It is only three o'clock"
"Why should that matter? You aren't sleeping, are you?"
"Three in the morning", Eva sighs. |
| Olof. A Lewy-body-dementia
This is Olof, he is an engineer. It was hard to believe that this man could no longer make his own bed without getting all wrapped up in the bedding. Not long ago, he was analyzing technical drawings far more complex than his queen sized bed. |
| Ingrid. A case of frontal lobe dementia.
This is Ingrid. She is a journalist who worket for one of the area's two newspapers. When she was 54 years old, she started showing some strange behaviours at the office... |
| Einar. A dementia with persistent and severe confusion.
This is Einar. With a crazed look in his eyes, he started swinging the cain through the air. The nurse who tried to approach him barely escaped unscathed. |
| Ragnar. A dementia condition with psychiatric payload
This is Ragnar, he had lived a stormy life and so it would continue, even after he had become an old man. Once again he was evicted from his apartment due to the neighbors complaints. |
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This book touches on the different faces of Dementia Disease. In eight fictional fates that are based on real life experiences from the authors encounters with thousands of patients, family members and care takers, the reader is guided through many manifestations of dementia conditions and dementia. Diary notes kept by people in the book convey an experience of how it can be to live with dementia. The final sections in each chapter contain hands-on advice on attitude and how to approach similar situations. Complex care situations are mixed with a review of the underlying cognitive and medical causes. Everything from what happens at the cellular level to complex interpretation of the outside world through sensory organs are portrayed through the various personal portraits. The authors have consistently sought to express the medical complex facts in ordinary English.