title: Excellence in dementia care: Research into practice Murna Downs Excellence in dementia care: Research into practice and Barbara Bowers Open University £29.99 640pp 9780335223756 0335223753 [Formula: see text].
abstract: THE STATED aim of the book is 'to make excellence in dementia care a part of everyday care practice'. I am confident that it will take as great a step in this direction as any book could. It is aimed at a wide, rather than a nursing, audience. It 'draws on the extensive knowledge of researchers, practitioners and professionals in the care of people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias' and there are contributions from both sides of the Atlantic.