Rethinking Communication guide to advanced dementia

Dr Magg ie Ellis brings 15 years of resear c expertise in the field of dementia care to this book. Currently based at the Universit of St Andrews, holding the post of Fellow i Dementia Care, she has developed a range of teaching and consultancy materials tha help participants to see dementia in new ways. Maggie’s passion derives not just fro a wish to improve the lives of people living with dementia but also the families, friend and staff who care for them. She believes that dementia has the potential to help us understand more deeply what it means to human. That insight matters for the way w organise our whole society. Dr Suzanne Zeedyk is a dev lopmental psy hologist fascinated by our physiological need for social connection. For the last two decades she has been based at the Univ rsity of Dund e, r searchi g topics th t include p rent-infa t communication, attachm nt and motio l eng gement. In 2011 sh set up an indep ndent enterprise that aims to boost th public’s awareness of th science of connect o . She works int rnationally with sectors ranging from h alth to education to police, as well as with businesses and family suppor taff. Her vision is that, in better understa ding the emerging sci n e, we realise a a culture why relationships matter so much. m e