About the book: 2016 / When our loved one falls ill with dementia (senile dementia), the doctor makes a diagnosis and prescribes therapy, but then we are left alone with our pain and many painful questions. How to care for a sick person? How to find ways to communicate with him? How not to fall into despair at the sight of a loved one, who yesterday was full of strength, but today has become helpless, like a child? This study will answer these and many other questions related to caring for people with dementia. The book describes in detail the symptoms and course of various forms of the disease, and also provides specific recommendations for organizing care for patients. Practical tips for identifying and early treating dementia will help overcome fear and hopelessness in the patient’s family, slow down the progression of the disease and cope with the main problems: communication disorders, mood swings, and behavioral changes. Readers are given the opportunity to understand what is happening to a person who recently had a good memory and extraordinary abilities, to help him cope with impending difficulties and improve his quality of life..