Dementia Positive

Killick steers clear of any sort of medical terminology and instead nurtures the often neglected aspects of dementia, thereby reinforcing to the reader that these are of no lesser importance. Dementia is a mysterious condition. It frightens many of us. When we are confronted with someone with it we feel helpless. This is not how it has to be. John Killick, in this thought-provoking and warm-hearted book, challenges these assumptions. He shows us ways in which we can help, and make lives better for all concerned. He writes out of two decades of experience of working as a writer with people with dementia and their carers, friends and supporters. He also shares with us the views of many of the people he has encountered on his journey. I’m not saying that dementia’s not serious. But I’m going to say that it’s a licence in a way, a licence to be free, to be me. I think when I got the diagnosis I got permission to be more relaxed into this person and accept her. AGNES HOUSTON I have just got back from helping my darling mum with her breakfast. Her eyes never left me and it looked like someone had switched a light on behind them. She was so beautiful – how can anyone experience so much where no words are used? How lucky I am! CAROLINE BROWN This book is not about the past, which has gone. Or the future, which is uncertain. But it is for those who want to improve the lives of people with dementia and themselves in the Here and Now. The book is not written by an expert but by a man seeking to find new approaches concerning dementia who wishes to share his discoveries. Killick steers clear of any sort of medical terminology and instead nurtures the often neglected aspects of dementia, thereby reinforcing to the reader that these are of no lesser importance. In recognition that we…