Outputs (4)

Dementia and Psychotherapy Revisited (2022)
Book
Cheston, R. (2022). Dementia and Psychotherapy Revisited. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill (Imprint: Open University Press)

People living with dementia have little opportunity to talk about their experiences and what is happening to them. This often makes it harder for them to adjust to, and to accept, the diagnosis. Dementia and Psychotherapy Reconsidered introduces a ne... Read More about Dementia and Psychotherapy Revisited.

Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia: An Exploration into Emotional Regulation (2019)
Book
Cheston, R., & Christopher, G. (2019). Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia: An Exploration into Emotional Regulation. London: Palgrave-MacMillan

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 tim... Read More about Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia: An Exploration into Emotional Regulation.

The Living Well with Dementia Course - A Workbook for Facilitators (2019)
Book
Cheston, R., & Marshall, A. (2019). The Living Well with Dementia Course - A Workbook for Facilitators. London: Routledge

The Living Well with Dementia Course: A Workbook for Facilitators provides facilitators with a realistic but positive approach to helping people with dementia understand and adjust to their condition, helping them to live as well as possible. Aime... Read More about The Living Well with Dementia Course - A Workbook for Facilitators.

Understanding Dementia: The Man With The Worried Eyes (1999)
Book
Cheston, R., & Bender, M. (1999). Understanding Dementia: The Man With The Worried Eyes. Jessica Kingsley

Over the last ten years a number of new concepts have emerged within social psychology, gerontology, socio-linguistics and psychotherapy which present a challenge to the view of dementia as simply an organic illness. These ideas have led to service i... Read More about Understanding Dementia: The Man With The Worried Eyes.