Introduction / Graham A. Jackson and Debbie Tolson -- Policy perspectives / Graham A. Jackson, Debbie Tolson and Lindsay Kinnaird -- Relationships, values and dementia care : promoting reciprocity and interdependence / Tony Ryan and Mike Nolan -- Early diagnosis : turning policy into practice / Stephen Lithgow and Robert Boyd -- Where does dementia sit in modern society? / Karen Watchman -- Dementia and the family : motivations for caring / Janice Mcalister and Irene Graham -- Dementia-friendly communities / Sandra Shafii and Arlene Crockett -- The care environment and dementia / Mary Marshall -- Dementia and physical health : understanding the physical impact of dementia / Graham Ellis and Trudi Marshall -- General hospital care of people with dementia / Amanda Johnson and Christine Steel -- Palliative and end-of-life care / Jenny Henderson and Barbara Sharp -- Legal and ethical issues / Donald Lyons -- Education, training and dementia / Anna Jack-Waugh and Margaret Brown -- The impact of later life illnesses on people living with dementia / F.J. Raymond Duffy -- Caring interventions / Debbie Tolson and Bryan Mitchell -- Psychiatric symptoms in dementia / Paul Brown, Adam Daly and Graham A. Jackson -- Medication and dementia / Guy Holloway and Lucy Stirland -- Delirium / Rekha Hedge and Ajay Macharouthu -- Younger person with dementia / Louise Ritchie -- Down's syndrome and dementia / Karen Watchman and Sam Quinn -- Dementia and human rights : the view from someone who is living with dementia / James McKillop -- Advances in knowledge / Debbie Tolson and Graham A. Jackson.