Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities

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impact on organizations and the final section is on caregiving and caregivers. There are links to current research throughout the book. These links are both the book’s strength and a potential weakness. Users might have some problems with the links. For example, the link on page six takes one to The Lancet, a major medical journal, but others take readers to a Google page. This is positive in that the links should continue to work, but negative in that readers are surrounded by potentially misleading sites that could lead people to misinformation. Another of the book’s strengths is that many readers will be comforted by the summary of the impodgzrtance of spirituality (see p. 62 and following) for both the caregiver and the care recipient. The research is approached critically, as befits a scientific appraisal. There are good cautions about the limitations of dietary studies, even those studies the authors want to promote and a warning about websites that require the reader to register their details in order to access the content. Preventing Alzheimer’s and other Dementias Now is short, helpful, and especially useful for persons who are familiar with Internet-based searches and checking out online library books – though very few library books incorporate links to further information.