New Approach to Dementia - Examining Sensory and Perceptual Impairment

With both scientific and clinical relevance, this book is essential for clinicians and researchers in ageing and dementia as well as carers working with people living with dementia, students of neuropsychology/neurocognition, medicine and health and social care.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Dementia: Types, characteristics and diagnosis. Chapter 3. Olfactory loss and dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 4. Gustatory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 5. Somatosensory Dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 6. Auditory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 7. Visual dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 8. Multi-sensory Dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline. Chapter 9. Economic evaluation of sensory impairments related to dementia. Chapter 10. Environmental Design and SMART Technology for Supporting People Living with Dementia and Sensory Changes

About the author

Professor Andrea Tales holds a Personal Chair in Neuropsychology and Dementia Research at Swansea University and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Professor Jan Kremlá¿ek, Head of Medical Biophysics LFHK at Charles University and the Czech Society for Clinical Neurophysiology vice-president, has been working on assessing neural activity connected with visual perception.
Dr Emma Richards is a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society, with an interest in Vascular related dementias, early diagnosis and links with hearing loss. She works within Public Health Wales and has an honorary research position at Swansea University.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Kremlacek Tales, Andrea Richards Tales
• Assisted by: Jan Kremlacek (Editor), Richards Emma (Editor), Tales Andrea (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032734279
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273427-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Gerontology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Psychotherapy, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychology of ageing, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Psychiatric Nursing, Palliative Medicine, Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing