Description
A calm, practical eBook for the first year after a dementia diagnosis
If someone you love has just been diagnosed with dementia, it can feel as if the ground has shifted under your feet.
You leave the appointment with a leaflet, a follow up date and a head full of questions you never quite managed to ask.
This eBook is for that moment.
Written by Tina and Claire, a mum and daughter team with over eleven years’ experience supporting families living with dementia at home through Your Care in Bristol, After the Diagnosis: Your Guide to Living with Dementia is a gentle companion for the first year after a diagnosis.
Inside, you’ll find:
• What to expect in the first 12 months after a dementia diagnosis
• How to talk to your loved one and wider family about what is happening
• Simple changes at home that make life calmer and safer
• How to spot when you need extra help and where to find it
• The legal and financial steps most families put off until it’s almost too late
• Ways to look after yourself so you don’t burn out
We’ve written this in plain, honest language, based on more than a decade of supporting families living with dementia in their own homes.
Who this eBook is for
• Sons, daughters, partners and friends who are thinking, “What on earth do we do now?”
• Families who want to keep their loved one at home for as long as possible
• Anyone who feels overwhelmed by advice and just wants clear, practical next steps
Format and price
• Digital eBook (PDF)
• Price: £7.99
Once you’ve completed your purchase, you’ll get a link to download the eBook so you can read it on your computer, tablet or phone.
Why your purchase matters
When you buy this eBook, you’re not buying from a big publisher. You’re supporting a small, family run dementia care service in Bristol.
The income from the book helps us keep doing the work we love and create more resources for families who are walking this path.
Why we wrote this eBook
Working with families over the last eleven years, we kept hearing the same story.
Someone they love is diagnosed with dementia. They’re given a diagnosis, a handful of leaflets and a follow up date. Then they’re sent home.
No clear next steps. No one to turn to with the real questions.
Families would sit at the kitchen table with us and ask things like:
• “Do they need to go into a care home now?”
• “Do I need to do anything differently at home?”
• “When should I start looking at support at home, and how do I even find it?”
• “Is there any funding available to help my loved one?”
Time and time again, we were sharing information they had no idea even existed. Not because it isn’t out there, but because they were overwhelmed, exhausted and short of time.
Many families told us they never really read the leaflets they were given. They didn’t feel very useful, and when they tried dementia websites, the information was hard to find and time consuming to piece together. Most people simply gave up.
We created After the Diagnosis: Your Guide to Living with Dementia to make life easier for those families.
It brings the key information together in one simple place, so you don’t have to spend hours researching when you’re already tired and worried.
Although we say it’s for the first year after a diagnosis, the real aim is to help you put things in place early, so life is much easier later on. You might not need every chapter right now, but when you do, it’s there, clear, practical and ready when you are.
