Books
Different Dementia Perspectives

Reclaiming Joy Together
Daphne Johnston
Reclaiming Joy Together is a book meant to serve as both inspiration and a practical tool that will allow others to successfully build a local Respite Ministry to honor and care for those families with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. But this book is not just a summary of what the Respite Community and program have learned and become. It also explains the vision for the future and a sustainable response – to build a nation of Respite Communities all guided by one driving purpose: to come alongside others who need the help of neighbors and new friends.

Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia through a Spiritual Lens
Kenneth L. Carder
While acknowledging the devastation of dementia diseases, Bishop Ken Carder draws on his experience as a caregiver, hospice chaplain, and pastoral practitioner to portray the gifts and challenges accompanying the world of dementia.
In his journey, he confronts the profoundly personal and theological questions created by loving people with dementia while demonstrating how living with memory loss can be a means of growing in faith, wholeness, and ministry for the entire faith community.
He also reveals that authentic faith transcends intellectual beliefs, verbal affirmations, and prescribed practices. Instead, Bishop Carder asserts that the Judeo-Christian tradition offers a broader lens, defining personhood in relationship to God’s story and humanity’s participation in God’s mighty acts of creation, thereby contributing to hope, community, and self-worth.

Walking with Grace Revised
Robin Dill

Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being, Revised Edition
G. Allen Power, M.D.

Dementia-Friendly Worship: A Multifaith Handbook for Chaplains, Clergy and Faith Communities
Senior Editors: Lynda Everman and Don Wendorf

Dancing with Dementia: My Story of Living Positively with Dementia
Christine Bryden
Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then, she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people living with dementia by campaigning for self-advocacy, writing articles, and speaking at national conferences.
This book is a vivid account of the author’s experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory problems, loss of independence, difficulties in communication, and the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how, with the support of her husband, Paul, she continues to lead an active life, nevertheless, and explains how professionals and carers can help.
