Booklet - 2003

Index

PDSG BOOKLET

The Illnesses:

• Alcohol Related Dementia
  Robert C. Baldwin, Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, York House, Manchester Royal Infirmary, M13 9WL
• Pick’s Disease (frontotemporal lobar degeneration)
  Dr. Alison Godbolt, Dementia Research Unit*
• Corticobasal Degeneration
  Dr. Basil Ridha, Dementia Research Unit*
• Dementia with Lewy Bodies
  Dr. Jonathan Schott, Dementia Research Unit*

Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans

Clinical Information & Management

• Is Dementia Inherited?
  Mrs. Katy Judd, Dementia Research Unit*
• Swallowing Problems
  Clare Morris, Speech & Language Therapist, Prion Group, St. Mary’s Hospital London
• Communication
  Penelope Roques, PDSG
• Challenging Behaviour
  Carol Jennings PDSG
• Obsessions
  Penelope Roques PDSG
• Apathy and how to deal with it
  Dr Liz Sampson, Dementia Research Group*

General Management

• Professional Support
  Penelope Roques PDSG
• Driving and Dementia
  Riitta Kukkastenvehmas, Dementia Research Group*
• Legal Matters
  Carol Jennings
• Supporting Children
  Carol Jennings, PDSG
• Benefits, Employment and General Advice
• Support Agencies

Val

• Val’s Journey through the Pick’s Labyrinth;
  her husband’s story John Rendell

* The Dementia Research Group, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG

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