Demystifying Dementia with Rose Capp
About
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 good life can be lived with dementia. In this marvelously informative book, Rose Capp, aged-care specialist and educator, policy advisor and choir-director, tells us how. Whether dementia affects your loved ones, your friends or people you are caring for, this is an essential book to guide you in taking the mystery out of this condition.Rose Capp has worked as an academic and film critic, has lectured and published in cinema studies, and is a longstanding executive member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia. As a registered nurse and dementia-care educator in the residential aged-care sector, she developed a special interest in and commitment to best practice dementia care. Rose works as a policy advisor at Dementia Australia and teaches in ageing and dementia studies at Flinders University. She lives in Melbourne.
Date
Wednesday 5 March 2025 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC+11)Location
St Kilda Library
150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda Victoria 3182