Michael Bender, Mike BenderExplorations in Dementia
Theoretical and Research Studies Into the Experience of Remediable and Enduring Cognitive Losses
Michael Bender is a consultant clinical psychologist and Head of Psychological Services to Older Adults in Plymouth Primary Care Trust. He lectures and publishes extensively on the psychology of old age and dementia, and is co-author of Understanding Dementia: The Man with the Worried Eyes, also available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Introduction. Part I: The Scientific Status of the Standard Paradigm and
its Implications. 1. The Scientific Status of the Standard Paradigm. 2. How
is the Standard Paradigm Maintained? 3. The Effects of the Paradigm: The
Rise of Memory Clinics. Part II: A Framework for Understanding the
Individual. 4. How Can we Understand the Person Who is Experiencing
Cognitive Loss(es)? Part III: Perspectives of Understanding. 5. Old in
Britain Today. 6. Psychosocial Explanations of Disorientation. 7.
Difficulties and Problems, with Sally Robbins. 8. Cycles of Negotiation. 9.
The Context of Assessment: Before the Professionals. 10. The Client's
Position. 11. Insight, `Inconsistency' and Selves. 12. Interpersonal and
Intrapsychic Survival, with Sally Robbins. Part IV: Futures. 13. In
Practice. 14. Ways Forward. 15. Entrances and Exits. Appendices.
References. Index.
