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Part 1 Setting the scene: Assessment and service responses for younger people with dementia, Jane McLennan; Epidemiological issues and younger people with dementia, Kirstie Woodburn; Needs assessment -individual and strategic care planning, Gregor McWalter, Jim Chalmers; Opportunities and threats - multi-agency perspectives and person-centred planning, Sylvia Cox. Part 2 Specific considerations: HIV and related brain impairment, Steve Jamieson; Huntington's disease, Roseanne Cetnarskyj, Mary Porteous; Learning disability and dementia, Sally-Ann Cooper; Alcohol-related brain impairment - an approach to the problem in Victoria, Australia, Simon Crowe. Part 3 Developing an individual understanding: Dark head amongst the grey - experiencing the worlds of young people with dementia, John Killick; Negotiating care-giving and employment, Dianne Seddon; Young cares - individual circumstances and practice consideration in dementia caregiving, Jane Gilliard; Family caregiving and younger people with dementia, experiences and service expectations, John Keady, Nick Nolan; Designing for younger people with dementia - the needs of younger people with dementia, Gretta Peachment. Part 4 Practice developments: Younger people with dementia - psychosocial interventions for individual and their families, Bob Woods; Support groups for people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Robyn Yale; Training and younger people with dementia - a shared learning perspective, Alan Chapman; Changing the mindset - developing an agenda for change, Sylvia Cox, John Keady.