Talking with Dementia Reconsidered

This book places people living with a diagnosis of dementia at its core, providing each person with the opportunity to express themselves whilst viewing their lives in relation to the Kitwood flower model. Authored by a person living with dementia, an experienced consultant clinical psychologist and a respected academic, the three combine to amplify and showcase the words of the Fifteen people living with dementia, in an original, authentic and unique way.

This book:

• Gives readers transparent insight into the lives, hopes and fears of a diverse range of people living with various forms of dementia
• Shows how each petal of the Kitwood flower with love at its centre is a helpful framework for each person to describe their life
• Links the interviews with issues, frameworks, policy and practice
• Examines what stakeholders can take from this book to advance dementia care

Talking with Dementia Reconsidered truthfully adds to the growing knowledge base of what life with dementia is really like in an engaging and informative way. It is essential reading for anyone and everyone directly or indirectly affected by dementia through lived experience, studying dementia or working professionally to support those affected.