{"product_id":"will-i-still-be-me-finding-a-continuing-sense-of-self-in-the-lived-experience-of-dementia-9781785925559","title":"Will I Still Be Me?: Finding a Continuing Sense","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does a dementia diagnosis mean for an individual's sense of self? Christine Bryden shares her insider view on living with dementia and explains how a continuing sense of self is possible after diagnosis and as the condition develops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncouraging a deeper understanding of how individuals live meaningfully with dementia, the book challenges the dominant story of people with dementia 'fading away' to eventually become an 'empty shell'. It explores what it means to be an embodied self with feelings and emotions, how individuals can relate to others despite cognitive changes and challenges to communications, and what this means for the inclusion of people with dementia in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristine's insider account of dementia, focusing on the continuing sense of self in the disease, brings \u003cb\u003ea powerful message of hope for people who have dementia, their families and health care providers\u003c\/b\u003e. People with dementia are still people of worth, even in the face of increasing cognitive decline and memory dysfunction. -- Rev Prof Elizabeth MacKinlay, CAPS, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, St Mark's National Theological Centre and School of Theology, Charles Stuart University\u003cbr\u003eChristine Bryden demonstrates powerfully that, despite dementia, her self and desire to improve her community are intact, that people living with dementia can enjoy mutually positive relationships with others and that we honor our own humanity ever more deeply when we honor the humanity of people living with dementia. -- Steven R. Sabat, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.\u003cbr\u003eThe question of what makes \"me\" me and how I can hold on to my sense of self in the midst of the challenges of dementia is to say the least, challenging. What is it that holds me in my selfhood and identity when I seem to be forgetting all of the old markers that held \u003ci\u003eme \u003c\/i\u003ein place? Christine Bryden offers a profound challenge to such false assumptions. \u003cb\u003eThrough narrative, personal reflection and enlightening philosophical reflection, Christine opens up fresh space for hope within which the complex cadences of personal and communal selfhood can be understood in ways that enable people truly to \u003ci\u003elive \u003c\/i\u003ewith dementia.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rev. Professor John Swinton, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, King's College University of Aberdeen\u003cbr\u003eChristine Bryden is a remarkable woman, and a pioneering dementia advocate, one I am proud to call a friend. \u003ci\u003eWill I Still Be Me?\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to her continued commitment to improve the lives of all people with dementia, \u003cb\u003egives us hope, and deep insight into how her spirituality has supported her to live positively with dementia\u003c\/b\u003e. Christine has given the world another great gift; her writing, her research and her appraisal of an insider's view of how dementia affects so much more than one individual. -- Kate Swaffer, Human Rights Activist and author of What the Hell Happened to My Brain?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Am I losing my self? 2. Re-interpreted and re-packaged at diagnosis. 3. How can I write a book? 4. Challenging loss of self in dementia. 5. 'I who know that I exist inquire into what I am'. 6. Embodied self. 7. Relational self. 8. Narrative self. 9. Upheld by others in the fullness of our identity. 10. Who am I now if I no longer have dementia? 11. Conclusion. References.","brand":"Jessica Kingsley Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412245455191,"sku":"9781785925559","price":16.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785925559.jpg?v=1730516130","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/will-i-still-be-me-finding-a-continuing-sense-of-self-in-the-lived-experience-of-dementia-9781785925559","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}