published by Jessica Kingsley (Preface by Mary Marshall)
This book focuses on the service response to older people with care needs and is a useful and accessible text that practitioners and trainers may wish to read themselves and recommend. The book is a mine of useful comments and observation and could stand as a model of how to translate research findings (the origin of his work) into a relevant practitioner text. I would not be surprised moreover if some families with relatives with dementia did not find this a most moving and helpful text. Goldsmith's work builds on practitioners' experiences to inform those working now or in the future about the possibilities for major advances in listening to the voice of people who have been stereotyped as beyond dialogue and discussion.
- British Journal of Social Work
This comprehensive, clear and compassionate book should be on the shelves of all counsellors and tutors... Malcolm Goldsmith, Research Fellow with Dementia Services Development Centre concisely introduces his case-illustrated account of dementia by explaining its overall name as being given to a whole range of diseases and processes which are missed, misdiagnosed and overdiagnosed, some of which are temporary and treatable, others of which are progressive, but all of which benefit from counselling. His welcome stress on the unique nature of each person permeates the book...
- Counselling
... informative and revealing... a challenging - and at times very moving - book.
- The Health Service Journal
The reader is given a wide range of perspectives on how to communicate with people with dementia... this is an easy read and raises the reader's awareness about what it must be like to experience dementia. I feel this book would be very useful for people who want to know more about dementia and communication.
- Nursing Times
... it is a great pleasure to read a book like this which draws together a wide range of literature, and involves considerable research and consultation... I would strongly recommend this book to practitioners and carers and church leaders.
- Christian Council on Ageing