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  • Living Well with Cognitive Difficulties

    How to manage problems with memory, attention and other thinking skills

    Series Book 2 - Living Well
    A practical, self-help guide for living well with cognitive difficultiesProblems with memory, attention, complex thinking skills, language, speed of thinking and visual perception are remarkably common, and are often experienced by those coping with neurological conditions. These range from acquired brain injuries like stroke and head injury through to deteriorating conditions like Alzheimer's ... Read more

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    How acute brain disease can destroy knowledge of oneself and others

    Series series After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories
    Imagine being unable to recognise your spouse, your children, or even yourself when you look in the mirror, despite having good eyesight and being able to read well and name objects. This is a condition which, in rare cases, some brain injury survivors experience every day.Identity Unknown gives an exceptional, poignant and in-depth understanding of what it is like to live with the severe after ... Read more

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