Cover -- The Simplicity of Dementia: A Guide for Family and Carers -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1 What is dementia? -- Introduction -- Dementia in many forms -- Prevalence -- Causes -- 2 The simple logic behind dementia -- Introduction -- How we remember -- The first law of dementia: disturbed encoding -- The second law of dementia: the roll-back memory -- 3 The experience of dementia -- Introduction -- How can we know how someone is experiencing dementia? -- The preliminary phase -- The need-for-supervision phase -- The need-for-care phase -- The need-for-nursing-care phase -- 4 Communicat -- Introduction -- Communication in the three phases of dementia -- Basic attitude -- Verbal communication -- Non-verbal communication -- Insight into the past -- Focus on feelings -- When talking is no longer possible -- 5 Mood problems: Aggression, depressiveness and suspiciousness -- Introduction -- Aggression -- Depressiveness -- Suspiciousness -- 6 Behaviour problems: Clinging behaviour, wandering and nocturnal restlessness -- Introduction -- Clinging behaviour: 'He follows me around like a shadow' -- Wandering -- Nocturnal restlessness -- 7 Management guidelines and activities -- Introduction -- Management guidelines -- Activities -- 8 The family: The hidden victims -- Introduction -- Common problems -- Self-care: the basis of caring for a partner or relative -- 9 Feelings of guilt -- Introduction -- Guilt after hearing the diagnosis -- It is never enough -- Admission to a nursing home -- The psychological meaning -- Past guilt - paying off the debt -- Handling feelings of guilt -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.