Open Ended Books is our new publishing initiative, set up for people living with dementia, their family and friends.

All of the content, design and activities have been developed together with people living with dementia and experts in the field. Instead of reminiscence and looking back, all our work focuses on the Imagination Model, living in the moment and what people can achieve. 

Alongside the accessible design, it's been important to us to keep the content rich, with illustrations and story-telling to connect readers and their families through creativity.

We hope our books spark conversation when read together and inspire creativity and curiosity to help improve wellbeing and quality of life.

“With dementia we lose our short-term memory, but you don’t lose your intelligence and that is a big thing people don’t realise, the desire to learn and stretch yourself doesn’t go away. 

"Reading has changed for me, I find I cannot remember what I’ve read if I come back to a book so have to read it all in one go. If reading becomes frustrating and you don’t know these books are available to you, there’s the risk people will stop reading, stop doing something they enjoy. Gill, 71, lives with dementia and is a member of the user-led research group