Marshall, who has a background in nursing and person-centered counseling, works with people with dementia, managed a care home for people with profound and complex needs, and lectured in health and social care in the UK, explains the use of puppetry, along with other therapies like singing and storytelling, to enhance the quality of life of people with dementia. She discusses why people with dementia respond to puppetry, different forms used with them, and how to make puppets; how to discover individual preferences and use creativity and person-centered principles to connect with people; and how to use puppetry to respond to changes in relationships, communicate, connect in times of conflict or confusion, create a meaningful life, work with bed-bound people, and highlight feelings of self. They also address uses with narrative or life story work, memory stimulation, animal puppets, small and simple acts for daily practice, and puppetry as entertainment for and performance art by people with dementia. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)