Activities for people with dementia: what can evidence and experience teach us?

Sarah Chapman for Evidently Cochrane 4th December 2020 updated 25 June 2021

References and further reading

Francis G. Shapeshifters: A Doctor’s Notes on Medicine and Human Change. : Profile Books; 2019.

Möhler R, Renom A, Renom H, Meyer G. Personally tailored activities for improving psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia in community settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD010515. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010515.pub2. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010515.pub2/full

Möhler R, Renom A, Renom H, Meyer G. Personally tailored activities for improving psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia in long-term care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD009812. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009812.pub2. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009812.pub2/full

My personal reading list

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Broks P. Into The Silent Land. London: Atlantic Books; 2004.

Francis G. Shapeshifters: A Doctor’s Notes on Medicine and Human Change. London: Profile Books; 2019.

Gawande A. Being Mortal: illness, medicine, and what matters in the end. London: Profile Books; 2015.

Genova L. Still Alice. London: Simon & Schuster; 2015.

Gerrard N. What Dementia Teaches Us About Love. London: ; 2020.

James O. Contented Dementia. London: Ebury ; 2009.

Magnusson S. Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything. London: John Murray Press; 2015.

Mitchell W. Somebody I used to know. London: Bloomsbury Publishing; 2019.

Montague J. Lost and Found: Why Losing Our Memories Doesn’t Mean Losing Ourselves. London: Hodder & Stoughton; 2019.

Walrath D. Aliceheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Through the Looking Glass. Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press; 2016.

Zeisel J. I’m Still Here: Creating a Better Life for a Loved One Living with Alzheimer’s. London: Piatkus; 2011.