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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book provides the reader with an overview of the basics in relation to dementia, dealing with different areas of the dementia journey: pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, post-diagnostic support, increasing care needs and support, and end of life care. Written by people from different backgrounds and disciplines, the book endeavours to raise awareness of dementia; challenge stereotypical and negative ideas about what it means to have dementia; and champion...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cognitive disorders take a toll on everyone -- the person living with the condition, their family, friends, caregivers, and the communities they live in. While there is an increasing amount of medical research in this field, there is a lack of firsthand information about the experience of living with these disorders and caring for people with dementia. Voices in Dementia Care is based on a series of interviews with dementia care experts across Europe...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 307 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
" ... Demonstrates how to achieve sustainable success in dementia care by changing the caregiving lens to focus on well-being and the ways in which it can be enhanced in people living with dementia. Revealing how drug-based interventions as well as completely holistic approaches consistently fall short of addressing and meeting the needs of people with dementia, this book offers a proactive approach-one that challenges widely accepted dementia care...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Although Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders can interfere with communication skills, this book stimulates remaining abilities and lets you connect in positive ways. Use this book to start conversations, encourage physical closeness, promote intergenerational exchanges with children, or provide a calming diversion. Tips on how to promote engagement with the book are provided, as well as song suggestions for each illustration"--Cover [page...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
219 pages : 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An estimated fifty million people in the world suffer from dementia. Diseases such as Alzheimer's erase parts of one's memory but are also often said to erase the self. People don't simply die from such diseases; they are imagined, in the clichés of our era, as vanishing in plain sight, fading away, or enduring a long goodbye. In On Vanishing, Lynn Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, investigates the myths and metaphors...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged ) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
""No! No!" shouted Ollie, "I don't want to go in there! That's not my grandpa; he doesn't even know who I am anymore." So begins the beautiful journey of a little boy who transitions from being scared and frustrated that his grandpa, and best friend, does not know him anymore, to a boy who learns what HE can do to reconnect with his grandpa who is living with dementia. This unforgettable story takes readers through a range of emotions, from sadness...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
ix, 198 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Caring for a Loved One with Dementia is a unique and compassionate guide that offers an effective mindfulness-based dementia care (MBDC) program to help you meet your own needs and lower stress levels while caring for your loved one.Caring for a loved one with dementia can be extremely stressful. This essential guide provides skills for dealing with the accompanying emotional and physical stress, and offers tools to help you manage your own needs,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
236, 5 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It started as a dream vacation in Spain, with Fay and Paul Agarra enjoying all the delights of a European holiday. A respected New York City judge, Paul has always been the man Fay can rely on no matter what. When he inexplicably disappears from a Granada street corner, Fay knows something is terribly wrong. Once they are reunited, Paul shrugs off the episode as a simple misunderstanding -- but Fay suspects her almost perfect life has taken a dark...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvii, 207 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
'Finding the Light in Dementia: a guide for families, friends and caregivers' is the essential self help book that explains common changes that can occur in those living with dementia. By offering valuable approaches, tips and suggestions interspersed with individuals' stories, the reader can learn to care for and maintain a connection with their loved one (care partner). Whether you're a spouse, partner, daughter, son, sibling, friend or even a parent...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"MacArthur Genius recipient Anne Basting lays out her pioneering discoveries in applying creativity to treating and interacting with those suffering from dementia, bringing to this otherwise dark world both light and joy"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Within a year of receiving her husband's diagnosis, Susan Kiser Scarff had a classic case of caregiver burnout. She couldn't concentrate at work. Friends drifted away. Overwhelmed, she struggled to make the transition from Red's wife to his protector, nurse, and mother. Susan's experience as a first-time caregiver, recorded in these pages with grace, wisdom, and humor, prove just how much there is to learn: finances have to be handled a different...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Expanded and updated 2nd edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Over 45 million people live with dementia worldwide. For every person with dementia, their family and caregivers face the decision of how best to care for them. Live and Laugh with Dementia explains how to make life with dementia as positive as possible - to maximize quality of life for all concerned. Just as we need to exercise our body's muscles to keep them strong, so too do we need to exercise our brain to strengthen and maintain our neural capabilities....
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this fifth revised and expanded edition, Brackey moves beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's, offering practical advice, and focusing on creating moments of joy--while the patient may forget what was said or done, their feelings will linger on. Beginning with the first section--defining moments--she discusses signs, early stages, and understanding the person. She also switches places and makes the patient the teacher. She aims to also create moments...
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer's disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of "other" dementias. This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer's dementias. The contributors are either specialists in their fields or have exceptional hands-on experience with FTD sufferers. Beginning with a focus on...
99) Grandma forgets
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Paperback edition of the original 2017 hardcover version.
Language
English
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