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  According to the Alzheimer’s Society, one in three of us born in the UK today will go on to develop dementia in our lifetime, making dementia care one of the greatest challenges facing our society.  Dementia Action Week takes place every year in order to highlight the need for improved dementia care and to encourage people to take action to improve the lives of those affected by dementia.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.  This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information .   BOOKS       ABC of dementia ; Richards, Felicity A.; Coope, Bernie; 2020 (John Wiley & Sons), 2 nd edition. Alzheimer's dise...

The main aim of Dementia Action Week is to unite people, workplaces, schools and communities to take action and improve the lives of people living with dementia. As stated by the Alzheimer’s Society, almost all of us know someone affected by dementia. But too many people living with dementia report feeling cut off from their community, losing their friendships and facing dementia alone. Having dementia shouldn’t mean an isolated life. And it doesn’t have to. Simple actions from us all can create supportive communities - where people living with the condition can continue to socialise with others, hop on the bus, go to their favourite shops or take part in local activities for as long as possible. We all have a role to play in making the UK a dementia-friendly place to live and that’s what Dementia Action Week is all about. For more information surrounding dementia please visit the NHS Choices and Alzheimer’s Society websites:   https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/sym...

Dementia Awareness Week   2 0 – 2 6     M a y     2 0 1 2   ‘ Dementia ’ is a term used to describe a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person. Symptoms include memory loss, difficulty with communication and reasoning and mood changes.   Dementia is progressive, and the most common manifestations are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Dementia Awareness Week aims to raise awareness and to ‘remember the person’ behind the disease.   You can find out more about dementia here at the health library. In the lists below you’ll find our most popular items, information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. M o s t   P o p u l a r - Hearing the voice of people with dementia: opportunitiesand obstacles / by Malcolm Goldsmith - Dementia: challenges and new directions / edit...