Psychology and Psychiatry

Abstract

Social workers are frequently not good at communicating in terms others can understand what their contribution to the resolution of social problems can be. This paper is a refreshing distillation of 'practice wisdom' in a very readable style which clearly relates different service responses to the typical stages through which a family with a member with dementia will pass. It is only to be hoped that practitioners will find their work situation allows such a sensitive service to evolve.