1st Edition
A New Approach to Dementia Examining Sensory and Perceptual Impairment
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Dementia: Types, characteristics and diagnosis
Dr Lenka Krajčovičová
Chapter 3: Olfactory loss and dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Prof. Carl Philpott
Duncan Boak
Prof. Andrea Tales
Dr Gary Christopher
Chapter 4: Gustatory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Duncan Boak
Prof. Carl Philpott
Prof. Andrea Tales
Chapter 5: Somatosensory Dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Alexander Smith
Dr Tania Wiseman
Prof. Andrea Tales
Dr Lenka Krajčovičová
Prof. Jan Kremláček
Dr Clive Thomas
Chapter 6: Auditory dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Dr Emma Richards
Helen Slade
Prof. Andrea Tales
Dr Leanne Richards
Dr Clive Thomas
Dr Gary Christopher
Chapter 7: Visual dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Mr David Knight
Prof. Jan Kremláček
Prof. Andrea Tales
Sasha Petrie
Chapter 8: Multi-sensory Dysfunction in dementia and cognitive decline
Dr Tania Wiseman
Kirsty Thomas
Prof. Andrea Tales
Dr Lenka Krajčovičová
Prof. Jan Kremláček
Chapter 9: Economic evaluation of sensory impairments related to dementia
Katherine Cullen
Prof. Deborah Fitzsimmons
Chapter 10: Environmental Design and SMART Technology for Supporting People Living with Dementia and Sensory Changes
Dr Rowan Brown
Dr Clive Thomas
Kimberley Littlemore
Prof. Andrea Tales
Biography
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.
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.
Jan Kremláček is head of Medical Biophysics LFHK at Charles University and Vice President of the Czech Society for Clinical Neurophysiology. He has been working on assessing neural activity connected with visual perception.
