Adult Nonfiction Dementia Resources

Dr. Dale Bredesen is a pioneer in the field of neurodegenerative research. He has, in published clinical studies, reversed the symptoms of Alzheimer's and dementia. In The Ageless Brain, he shares the latest, cutting-edge science on neurodegeneration, including how misunderstandings of Alzheimer'...

With over 17,000 known diseases affecting humans, and countless poisons, carcinogens and toxins in our environment, it's a miracle that our bodies manage to keep us alive. And that is, of course, if they don't betray us themselves, whether through cancers or autoimmune conditions. Tregoning tells...

Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton directs and stars in this unpredictable thriller as John Knox, a hitman attempting to make amends before his recently discovered dementia takes over. Aided by a trusted friend (Academy Award winner Al Pacino) with his own shady past, Knox races against the pol...

Kay has Dementia. In 2021 sisters Stephanie and Christine Brown embarked on a road trip across Australia with their mother Kay. They didn't want to put their mother in a home so decided to do something different. They wanted to give her adventures, love & happiness while she could still enjoy it ...

Even though in our heart of hearts we'd known to expect this bad news, the physical evidence hit us like a ton of bricks. These were no happy snaps. This was our mother's glorious, clever, witty, intelligent brain withering away before our eyes, and there was nothing we could do? Sarah Jones shar...

The essential guidebook to help in every aspect of your journey, whether dementia affects your loved one, friend or people you are caring for. What is dementia? Many of us live in fear of it, imagining the horror of losing our memories and our identities. But it does not need to terrify us. A goo...

The brain and the gut are neurologically and biochemically connected via millions of nerves and the trillions of microbes that populate the intestines. Known as the gut-brain axis, this communication network between the two systems is vast and complex. Although scientists have known about this ax...

A powerful mix of memoir and hard-earned knowledge, in The Long Goodbye, Keri Kitay charts her family's poignant and devastating journey after their mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. When Keri Kitay's mother, Terry, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, noth...

After learning that her beloved father Bob's death was rapidly approaching, Lisa Twigg knew what she had to do: give him the best death possible. The family took the unconventional step of taking Bob out of care and, in late 2023, he died from dementia at home. It was one of the most moving thing...

It's time to redefine dementia. What if it wasn't all bad, or could teach us valuable lessons about life? As I am sure you know from media reporting over recent years, diagnosis rates for dementia are rising all over the world and so, it would seem, is fear and misunderstanding around the disease...