Back cover: "Younger people with dementia present a unique challenge to society and to those individuals who care for them. In the minds of many, dementia is a disease of older people with inevitable but unfortunate connotations of senility and decay. These perceptions are challenged when the disease tragically affects younger people ... This book aims to provide knowledge and disseminate experience based on practice in caring for younger people with dementia ... focuses on the experiences of the team developed by the Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust that specializes in the care and support of younger people with dementia."
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Focusing on the experiences of a team developed by the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, this book discusses issues related to the care and support of younger people with dementia and gives advice on assessment and referral, occupational therapy and psychological interventions, planning services, day care and outreach, support for careers and families, and maintaining links with other health services. Baldwin is a consultant psychiatrist and Murray is a specialist nurse. The book is distributed by Blackwell Publishers. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).