Dementia The Basics provides the reader with a clear and compassionate introduction to dementia and an accessible guide to dealing with different parts of the dementia journey from prediagnosis and diagnosis to postdiagnostic support increasing care needs and end of life care. Coauthored by an academic a person living with dementia and a family carer the book endeavours to raise awareness of dementia challenge stereotypical and negative ideas about what it means to have dementia and cha