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Resources for patients, their carers and families


Dementia reading list

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​​Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia recommends books you might find helpful if you have dementia, are caring for someone with dementia or would like to find out more about the condition.

​The books provide information and advice, support for living well, advice for relatives and carers, and personal stories. They are endorsed by health professionals and can all be borrowed from the Hanley Library, Southport Hospital for use on hospital wards. 
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​These are some of the titles available to borrow:

Dementia memory box



​Memory boxes work on the principles of reminiscence or ‘life story’ therapy. Because the oldest memories are the ones that people with dementia retain the best it can give them great comfort to see and talk about items that trigger those memories.

Put together a Memory Box for someone living with dementia. Nostalgia items are available for loan from our Reminiscence Collection
. Click here to see contents.

BBC Music Memories

Playlist for Life

Designed to use music to help people with dementia reconnect with their most powerful memories. Evidence shows that music can help people with dementia to feel and live better. ​https://musicmemories.bbcrewind.co.uk  
Playlist for Life is a charity founded in 2013 by writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson after the death of her mother, Mamie, who had dementia. Building a personal playlist means exploring someone's lifestory to gather the tunes that are most deeply attached to memories and emotions.  https://www.playlistforlife.org.uk/​

Photographic collections

  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry - Hardman Photo Library
  • Lancashire Libraries & Archives - Red Rose Collections
  • Sefton Looking Back - image archive 
  • BBC Reminiscence Archive



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Oral History

Sefton's Lost Voices -  is a project that gives people in the early stages of memory loss the chance to record their oral histories.  ​

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