Agnes Houston MBE, a former member of the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) and member of the Scottish Dementia Working Group, has published a new book, “Talking Sense: Living with sensory changes and dementia”. The book, published by HammondCare, was launched on 9 May, at the inaugural International Conference on Palliative Dementia Care (ICPDC) in Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK).
Ms Houston was diagnosed with younger onset dementia in 2006. She found that there was little support for continued independence, and even less awareness of the common experience of sensory change. “It was as if I had been given a diagnosis, was assessed cognitively, medication monitored and left to my own devices,” she said. “Instead, I chose to go on a quest for knowledge to understand what was happening to me. Surely, I was not the only one having these sensory changes?”
Since her diagnosis, Ms Houston has been on a quest for knowledge, both for herself and for others in a similar situation. She shares her knowledge and experience in this new book, which is available as a free download, via: https://www.dementiacentre.com/images/Talking-sense.pdf
