Loving Someone Who Has Dementia

Author : Pauline Boss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118077283

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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia by Pauline Boss Pdf

Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, neighbors as well as educators and professionals—anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"—having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent. Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring for someone who has dementia Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who are cognitively impaired and no longer as they used to be Offers approaches to understand and cope with the emotional strain of care-giving Boss's book builds on research and clinical experience, yet the material is presented as a conversation. She shows you a way to embrace rather than resist the ambiguity in your relationship with someone who has dementia.

Author : Laura Wayman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781421422282

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A Loving Approach to Dementia Care by Laura Wayman Pdf

Wayman offers compassionate advice on overcoming practical and emotional obstacles to maintaining meaningful relationship with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss. She offers caregiving insights and information about the dangers of denying the onset of cognitive problems.

Author : Nicci Gerrard
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525521976

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The Last Ocean by Nicci Gerrard Pdf

From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journeys of the people who live with the condition and those of their loved ones After a diagnosis of dementia, Nicci Gerrard’s father, John, continued to live life on his own terms, alongside the disease. But when an isolating hospital stay precipitated a dramatic turn for the worse, Gerrard, an award-winning journalist and author, recognized that it was not just the disease, but misguided protocol and harmful practices that cause such pain at the end of life. Gerrard was inspired to seek a better course for all who suffer because of the disease. The Last Ocean is Gerrard’s investigation into what dementia does to both the person who lives with the condition and to their caregivers. Dementia is now one of the leading causes of death in the West, and this necessary book will offer both comfort and a map to those walking through it. While she begins with her father’s long slip into forgetting, Gerrard expands to examine dementia writ large. Gerrard gives raw but literary shape both to the unimaginable loss of one’s own faculties, as well as to the pain of their loved ones. Her lens is unflinching, but Gerrard honors her subjects and finds the beauty and the humanity in their seemingly diminished states. In so doing, she examines the philosophy of what it means to have a self, as well as how we can offer dignity and peace to those who suffer with this terrible disease. Not only will it aid those walking with dementia patients, The Last Ocean will prompt all of us to think on the nature of a life well lived.

Author : Deborah Shouse
Publisher : Central Recovery Press, LLC
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781937612504

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Love in the Land of Dementia by Deborah Shouse Pdf

Caregiver Shouse celebrates spiritual and practical lessons learned on her unscripted yet rewarding journey with her mother through Alzheimer's disease.

Author : Joy A. Glenner,Jean M. Stehman,Judith Davagnino,Margaret J. Galante,Martha L. Green
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780801898662

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When Your Loved One Has Dementia by Joy A. Glenner,Jean M. Stehman,Judith Davagnino,Margaret J. Galante,Martha L. Green Pdf

The result is a guide that integrates the practicalities of caregiving with the human emotions that accompany it.

Author : Gary Chapman,Edward G. Shaw,Debbie Barr
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780802494412

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Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade by Gary Chapman,Edward G. Shaw,Debbie Barr Pdf

Across America and around the world, the five love languages have revitalized relationships and saved marriages from the brink of disaster. Can they also help individuals, couples, and families cope with the devastating diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD)? Coauthors Chapman, Shaw, and Barr give a resounding yes. Their innovative application of the five love languages creates an entirely new way to touch the lives of the five million Americans who have Alzheimer’s, as well as their fifteen million caregivers. At its heart, this book is about how love gently lifts a corner of dementia’s dark curtain to cultivate an emotional connection amid memory loss. This collaborative, groundbreaking work between a healthcare professional, caregiver, and relationship expert will: Provide an overview of the love languages and Alzheimer’s disease, correlate the love languages with the developments of the stages of AD, discuss how both the caregiver and care receiver can apply the love languages, address the challenges and stresses of the caregiver journey, offer personal stories and case studies about maintaining emotional intimacy amidst AD. Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade is heartfelt and easy to apply, providing gentle, focused help for those feeling overwhelmed by the relational toll of Alzheimer’s. Its principles have already helped hundreds of families, and it can help yours, too.

Author : Marian Hodges,Anne Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615993001

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Help Is Here by Marian Hodges,Anne Hill Pdf

Author : Judy Cornish
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Alzheimer's disease
ISBN : 1974027627

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Dementia with Dignity by Judy Cornish Pdf

The revolutionary how-to guidebook that details ways to make it easier to provide dementia home care for people experiencing Alzheimer's or dementia. Alzheimer's home care is possible! Dementia with Dignity explains the groundbreaking new approach: the DAWN Method(R), designed so families and caregivers can provide home care. It outlines practical tools and techniques to help your loved one feel happier and more comfortable so that you can postpone the expense of long-term care. In this book you'll learn: -The basic facts about Alzheimer's and dementia, plus the skills lost and those not lost; -How to recognize and respond to the emotions caused by Alzheimer's or dementia, and avoid dementia-related behaviors; -Tools for working with an impaired person's moods and changing sense of reality; -Home care techniques for dealing with hygiene, safety, nutrition and exercise issues; -A greater understanding and appreciation of what someone with Alzheimer's or dementia is experiencing, and how your home care can increase home their emotional wellbeing. Wouldn't dementia home care be easier if you could get on the same page as your loved one? When we understand what someone experiencing Alzheimer's or dementia is going through, we can truly help them enjoy more peace and security at home. This book will help you recognize the unmet emotional needs that are causing problems, giving you a better understanding and ability to address them. The good news about dementia is that home care is possible. There are infinitely more happy times and experiences to be shared together. Be a part of caring for, honoring, and upholding the life of someone you love by helping them experience Alzheimer's or dementia with dignity. Judy Cornish is the author of The Dementia Handbook-How to Provide Dementia Care at Home, founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer's Wellbeing Network(R) (DAWN), and creator of the DAWN Method. She is also a geriatric care manager and elder law attorney, member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the American Society on Aging (ASA).

Author : Susan Elliot-Wright
Publisher : Sheldon Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781847094049

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When Someone You Love Has Dementia by Susan Elliot-Wright Pdf

Dementia affects more than 700,000 people in the UK; Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, affecting around 417,000 people in the UK and some four million in the USA. While dementia affects mostly older people, some 17,000 young people also have dementia in the UK. There are treatments, but no cure. Caring for people with dementia is a well-recognized burden, but recently there have been moves to represent this in a more positive light, emphasising people with dementia as individuals who deserve respect, rather than as the challenge as which they have traditionally been viewed. Nevertheless, for individual carers without enough support, having a loved one with dementia often remains challenging. This book looks at practicalities and relationships, including: Defining Alzheimer's and other dementias; Diagnosis; After diagnosis; planning for the future; Medications to help with symptoms such as memory problems, wandering, and aggressive behavior; Other therapies such as music therapy; Practicalities: coping with strange behaviour, confusion, memory problems. Outside help and services and how to access them; Later stages of dementia; issues to consider such as residential care, financial arrangements, wills and living wills and coping with being a carer.

Author : Kate Hanley
Publisher : Green Place Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Caregivers
ISBN : 195058416X

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Breakfast Memories by Kate Hanley Pdf

Breakfast Memories is the story of a daughter's journey through her mom's dementia and her discovery of the power of memories stored in the soul. What prompted me to begin writing this book was the discovery of a pile of paper napkins that had been tucked away in a drawer on which my dad had written morning love poems to my mom. Every morning he placed one next to the breakfast that he had prepared for her. I found these napkins after my dad had died and my mom was in failing health at a local nursing home. The discovery of the napkins (sonnets) and sharing them with my mother was what brought her back from the darkness and despair of dementia.

Author : Pauline Boss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118245699

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AARP Loving Someone Who Has Dementia by Pauline Boss Pdf

AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. In Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, Pauline Boss provides research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia. Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, neighbors as well as educators and professionals—anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"—having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent. Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring for someone who has dementia Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who are cognitively impaired and no longer as they used to be Offers approaches to understand and cope with the emotional strain of care-giving Boss's book builds on research and clinical experience, yet the material is presented as a conversation. She shows you a way to embrace rather than resist the ambiguity in your relationship with someone who has dementia.

Author : Beth Friesen,Rn CCM Friesen
Publisher : Infusionmedia
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945834080

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I Love Someone with Dementia... So Why Am I Losing My Mind? by Beth Friesen,Rn CCM Friesen Pdf

How did it begin for you? In our family, we went through theories to explain it all away. This game went on for at least a year or two before one day, it clicked. Mom had Alzheimer's. This book is meant to be a guide to help you and those you love navigate the overwhelming diagnosis of dementia, especially Alzheimer's Dementia, and the months and years that follow. It includes what we wish we had known, what we learned, and the resources that helped us along the way. "This book is an excellent and practical guide to help you navigate this tough challenge from the beginning to the end." --Suzy Nootz, MSN, RN, CDP, Country House Residence for Memory Care "An empathic and helpful guide in understanding and negotiating the process of recognizing, diagnosing, treating, and coping with a loved one with Alzheimer's Dementia." --Dr. Robert G. Arias, PhD, Arias Neuropsychology & Behavioral Medicine, PC

Author : Stephen Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950659941

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Dementia by Stephen Lewis Pdf

An extraordinary story demonstrating how the love between a dementia sufferer and her husband/caregiver sustained them even as the disease worked its way to its inevitable conclusion.

Author : Angela G. Gentile
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Caregivers
ISBN : 150556557X

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Caring for a Husband with Dementia by Angela G. Gentile Pdf

A dementia diagnosis can frighten and devastate all who are affected. When a husband is diagnosed with dementia, his wife is at risk of becoming the "hidden patient." Sometimes the responsibilities of caring for a husband with dementia causes stress leading to caregiver burnout. Caregiving wives may feel trapped, obligated or compelled to go it alone at the expense of their own well-being. Others find many rewards in caring and give of themselves to a fault - "until death do us part." Asking for help can be difficult for caregivers, for many reasons. Gaining knowledge about dementia and its emotional impacts can provide comfort and improve confidence. Practical tips and solutions can offer hope in challenging situations. This survival guide and workbook is a vital companion for caregivers. You will refer to "Caring for a Husband with Dementia" often on your caregiving journey.

Author : Boss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1118245709

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Aarp Loving Someone Who Has Dementia by Boss Pdf