Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia: An Exploration Into Emotion Regulation

by Gary Christopher and Richard Cheston

This book explores how dementia acts as an existential threat, both to people diagnosed with the condition, and to their carers. The authors highlight how dementia not only gradually erodes our most fundamental abilities, but that it does so at a time of life when the resources of individuals, couples, and families are already stretched. While over time many people who are living with dementia are able to adapt to their diagnosis and acknowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030123499
• ISBN13: 9783030123499
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"