A travel guide to the world of dementia

★Sold more than 160,000 copies in Japan, ranking as the best-selling dementia book in the first half of 2022

★Won the 2022 Japan Readers' Selected Business Books (Liberal Education Category) Most Excellent Award

★Japan’s Amazon online bookstore category list sales TOP 1

★Adapted and broadcast by Japan's NHK as an online program

★Book reviews recommended by Japanese media such as "Asahi Shimbun" and "Yomiuri Shimbun"

▌The most creative dementia education manual!

Introducing 13 special sights in the form of a travel guide to gain an in-depth understanding of dementia.

Modeled after Japan's famous travel guide - "The Steps of the Earth", illustrations and travel notes are used to metaphorically explain "the world in the eyes of people with dementia". This trip started with a ride on the "mysterious bus" that makes people gradually lose their memory, and they took a trip to Baekmang Valley one stop after another (things that cannot be seen in front of the eyes = things that do not exist), and creative dishes that cannot be understood on the menu. Restaurants (the ability to recognize speech and symbols has declined), the "faceless village" where the residents have no faces (cannot recognize people), the "Seven Changes Hot Spring" where the water temperature is always different (lost sensitivity to touch and temperature), etc., It leads readers to quickly understand the symptoms and physical and mental changes of dementia.

▌From the perspective of the "patient himself"!

Understand the "reason" behind the behavior to make it easier for both patients and caregivers

The author interviewed one hundred patients with dementia and used their behaviors and feelings as the basis for planning this book. He also used a first-person perspective on their life problems to share with the patients with dementia through the "Traveler Sharing" unit. voice. Understand why patients with dementia experience auditory hallucinations, hallucinations, amnesia, repetitive behaviors, mood swings, and other states that are different from ordinary people. Once you know the cause, you can find a solution or a way to peacefully coexist, thereby improving the quality of life for both patients and caregivers.

▌No longer fear the wisdom of living with dementia

Do not hurt the self-esteem of patients, nor make caregivers feel physically and mentally exhausted

Provides people with dementia and caregivers with the most practical life guidance to learn how to coexist with dementia. Such as "What should I do in this situation", "What do I need", "How to create a suitable living space for people with dementia", etc. Attached is the appendix "Problem Index for Various Life Scenes", which lists the common problems of dementia according to 11 categories such as clothing (clothing), food (eating), housing (housing), money (financial management), and buying (shopping). A list of 148 life questions and compare them with the content of the book to quickly find the answers.

[This is a travel guide you have never seen before, a fantasy journey to the country of dementia]

You are a traveler through the world of dementia.

Residents here always have various wonderful experiences every day:

●The "Mysterious Bus" that keeps losing its memory as soon as it gets on the bus

→Why do you forget what you have done?

→Why can’t I recognize the faces of my relatives and friends?

●The "sleeve tunnel" where your hands don't know where to go

→Why is it difficult to put on and take off clothes?

●The "Illusion Forest" where objects do not exist

→Why do you see things that others cannot see?

●"Variable Hot Spring" where the temperature always changes

→Why do you hate bathing?

→Why is the biological clock out of order?

"Dementia" is caused by brain lesions and decline in brain function, resulting in the decline or even loss of various cognitive functions, leading to problems in daily life. It is a disease phenomenon rather than normal aging. According to statistics from Dementia International (ADI), it is estimated that one person will suffer from dementia every three seconds in the world in 2050. The Taiwan Dementia Association estimates that approximately one in every thirteen people over the age of 65 in my country has dementia.

Therefore, the character who appears in this story is not a fictional adventurer. He or she may be you or your family in the future.

【Who needs to read this book】

1. People who need to take care of people with dementia at work or in life

2. Are patients with dementia themselves?

3. People with elders at home

4. People who are about to enter old age

5. People who want to learn about dementia