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About my friend
— for friends of people with Down's syndrome and dementia | | Author(s) | Karen Dodd, Vicky Turk, Michelle Christmas |
| Corporate Author | British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) |
| Publisher | BILD Publications, Kidderminster, 2005 |
| Pages | 15 pp |
| Source | BookSource, 32 Finlas Street, Cowlairs Estate, Glasgow G22 5DU. tel: 08702 402 182 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Dementia ; Friends ; Guides, guide books. |
| Annotation | This large print booklet illustrated by Keith Jones, is one of a series of three. It has been designed to help people with learning disabilities. understand the needs of their friends or other people they know who have Down's syndrome and dementia. It describes dementia in easy-to-understand language and provides answers to commonly asked questions. It describes the dementia process and how the person may change over time, starting with the early problems of memory and confusion, continuing with additional difficulties that are present at the later stages, to eventual death. It is written for staff and carers to use with individuals or small groups of people with learning difficulties. (KJ/RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-050428207 B |
| Classmark | E4: EA: SX: 69N |
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