Dementia activist : fighting for our rights /: fighting for our rights. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Aus dem Schatten treten.
• Further Information: Note: Helga Rohra ; afterword by Dr. Elisabeth Stechl and Prof. Dr. Hans Förstl.
• Authors: Rohra, Helga
• Other Names: Dr Stechl, Elisabeth writer of supplementary textual content.; Prof. Dr Förstl, Hans writer of supplementary textual content.
• Contents: Dedication. Introduction. 1. Before the onset. 2. Summer 2008: There's something the matter with me. 3. Summer 2008: First visit to the doctor - "Go for a walk". 4. Why is early onset dementia slow to be recognised? 5. Spring 2009: University hospital - Waiting and hoping. 6. The diagnosis - I feel as if I'm falling. 7. About Lewy Body dementia and how it has been for me. 8. Summer 2009: At rock bottom - and first aid from the Alzheimer's Society. 9. Doing battle with the bureaucrats. 10. Appointment for assessment. 11. Autumn and winter 2009: Helen Merlin - "Speaking for myself". 12. Shame or difficulty in being open about the symptoms. 13. January 2010: "THIS MAKES SENSE!" - I step out of the shadows. 14. March 2010: Thessaloniki - on my own. 15. My everyday life and how I cope with it. 16. March 2010: I am elected to the board of the Munich Alzheimer's Society. 17. Spring 2010: The media. 18. Speaker at a congress on dementia: Why many people I speak to declare that I am well. 19. July 2010: At the golf course. 20. Why it's wrong to compare people with dementia to children. 21. Things that I would like people to do when interacting with people with dementia. 22. Invisible hurdles in everyday life. 23. Conferences - Talks - Events. 24. Visibility and the "Dementia Card". 25. Mulling over my favourite topics. Acknowledgements. Afterword.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.19683; Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Popular works; Dementia -- Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784503321
• Related ISBNs: 9781785920714
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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