Best Care For Dementia Patients - April 2024

Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain (How to Die Smiling Book 1)

"If you need some encouragement in living with joy, read this book. It will change your perspective on everything." —Lana Philips "Sawatsky beautifully models a way to dance in the gale of full catastrophe, to celebrate life, to laugh with it and at himself." —Jon Kabat-Zinn, national bestselling author"...beautiful and inspiring book...full of humor and wisdom about the pain of loss in our life, by someone living with a debilitating disease." —Jean Vanier, national bestselling author NATIONAL BESTSELLER2017 NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER2017 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD WINNER Want to enjoy the life y... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XF58ML9
• ASIN: B06XF58ML9
• Manufacturer: Red Canoe Press

The Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care

Successfully implement this relationship-centered approach to dementia care that builds on the essential elements of friendship―respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor. For decades the acclaimed Best Friends™ approach has been widely recognized for helping people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias experience meaningful engagement and dignity in all aspects of their lives. In this completely revised and expanded second edition, care partners learn how to apply the core principles of the approach through practical tips and instructive examples of Best Friends in action. An all-new se... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1932529969
• ASIN: 1932529969
• ISBN: 9781932529968
• Manufacturer: Health Professions Press

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs.Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on• devices to make life simple... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XX2JRJ7
• ASIN: B06XX2JRJ7
• Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community: Words to Say and Things to Do (A 36-Hour Day Book)

Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin, a gerontologist, dementia care expert, and popular dementia care blogger, helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions, and anxieties that both they and their loved one may experience.Writing from her own practice and drawing on the latest research in gerontology and dementia, Wonderlin explains the different kinds of dementia, details the wide range of care communities available for people who have dementia, and speaks empa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1421420651
• ASIN: 1421420651
• ISBN: 1421420651
• Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

The instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellerA groundbreaking plan to prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s Disease that fundamentally changes how we understand cognitive decline.   Everyone knows someone who has survived cancer, but until now no one knows anyone who has survived Alzheimer's Disease.    In this paradigm shifting book, Dale Bredesen, MD, offers real hope to anyone looking to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's Disease and cognitive decline.  Revealing that AD is not one condition, as it is currently treated, but three, The End of Alzheimer’s outlines 36 met... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M28ROCU
• ASIN: B01M28ROCU
• Manufacturer: Avery

The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities, Vol. 1

Bring out the best in each person with dementia with these versatile, easy-to-implement Best Friends activities. A best friend knows your habits, what you like to do, and what makes you feel good. The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer’s Activities puts all of these qualities to work to help you transform the activity programming at your nursing facility, adult day center, assisted living facility, or home care setting. Staff, participants, and even family members will all benefit. With the ideas and suggestions found in this book, any member of a program’s care staff can turn the simplest int... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1878812882
• ASIN: 1878812882
• ISBN: 1878812882
• Brand: Brand: Health Professions Pr
• Manufacturer: Health Professions Press

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss

The most trusted guide for caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, and dementia disorders-now revised and updated with practical and legal advice and compassionate guidance for families and caregivers.When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer's disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. For over thirty years, this book has been the trusted bible for families affected by dementia disorders. Now completely revised and updated, this guide features the latest information on the causes of dementia, managing the earl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455521159
• ASIN: 1455521159
• ISBN: 1455521159
• Brand: Grand Central Life & Style
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Life & Style

A Dignified Life: The Best FriendsTM Approach to Alzheimer's Care: A Guide for Care Partners

More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease. Unfortunately, these staggering statistics impact millions of caregivers, too. Compared with all types of caregivers, those who assist someone with dementia experience the highest levels of burnout, depression, poor health, and premature death. A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded offers hope and help with a proven approach.Ten years ago, the first editio... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0757316654
• ASIN: 0757316654
• ISBN: 0757316654
• Brand: Health Communications Inc
• Manufacturer: Health Communications Inc

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Life

• ASIN: B0145TDR4C
• ASIN: B0145TDR4C
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

1940s Memory Lane: Large print book for dementia patients

This book is aimed at patients with early stage dementia who like reading but find it hard to follow 'normal' books. With large print, short easy to follow paragraphs and plenty of illustrations, the book looks at everyday life in the 1940s in Britain and the USA. It is intended to help stimulate long-term memories of those who lived through the 1940s, with sections on music, films, fashion, sport, holidays and of course, the Second World War. When read together with a relative or carer, it can also help promote conversation and reminiscence.The book does not mention dementia or memory loss, o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1987504828
• ASIN: 1987504828
• ISBN: 1987504828
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

When Reasoning No Longer Works: A Practical Guide for Caregivers Dealing with Dementia & Alzheimer's Care

Nearly five million families deal with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia on a daily basis. They do this with little training, and often only their good intentions guide them. When Reasoning No Longer Works is the training manual these family caregivers have been searching for.Written by a Gerontologist with more than twenty years of experience, this reference gives the reader an easy to understand view of what dementia does to the brain, how it is diagnosed, and most importantly, how to deal with its effects.Bulleted lists clearly explain:• How to avoid a catastrophic reacti... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071JPHRCC
• ASIN: B071JPHRCC
• Manufacturer: Parker Hayden Media

399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

Cross-train your brain. All it takes is ten to fifteen minutes a day of playing the right games. (It’s fun.) Exercising your brain is like exercising your body—with the right program, you can keep your brain young, strong, agile, and adaptable. Organized on an increasing scale of difficulty from “Warm-up” to “Merciless,” here are 399 puzzles, trivia quizzes, brainteasers, and word game that are both fun and engaging to play, and are expertly designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process of rejuvenating the brain by growing new brain cells... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761168257
• UPC: 884867826573
• ASIN: 0761168257
• ISBN: 0761168257
• Brand: Workman Publishing Company
• Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey: A Guide for Families and Caregivers, Fifth Edition, Revised and Expanded

The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of moments. We are not able to create perfectly wonderful days for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, but we can create perfectly wonderful moments, moments that put a smile on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes. Five minutes later, they will not remember what we did or said, but the feeling tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01NCLB1J7
• ASIN: B01NCLB1J7
• Manufacturer: Purdue University Press

The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home

Providing dementia care is profoundly stressful for families and caregivers. People with dementia or Alzheimer’s experience emotional distress, which leads to behavioral complications and the need for institutional care. However, if families and caregivers are able to identify the emotional needs caused by dementia and understand which skills are lost and which remain, they can lower the behavioral complications and their own stress. As the founder of the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network® (DAWN), Judy Cornish approaches dementia care with clear and empathetic methods that not only... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1541326555
• ASIN: 1541326555
• ISBN: 1541326555
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Getting The Best Care: Rescue Your Loved One from the Healthcare Conveyor Belt

Are you helping an older loved one with healthcare choices? Are you planning for your own healthcare as you age? This can involve stressful decisions. This book, Getting the Best Care will help you to navigate the complex medical system. Whether you are a family caregiver or someone who has complex medical issues, you will benefit from this book. Drawing on her 20+ years as a critical care nurse and nurse anesthetist, author Margaret Fitzpatrick will help you to think about the most important question in healthcare: What is the goal? Knowing your personal healthcare goals will help your doctor... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07QD2VKTS
• ASIN: B07QD2VKTS
• Manufacturer: URPOINT, LLC

Dementia Beyond Drugs : Changing the Culture of Care

Years before the federal government started setting goals to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care settings, Dr. Al Power argued eloquently in his trailblazing book Dementia Beyond Drugs about the harm done

• UPC: 54781716

The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been the "bible" for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. This book offers much-needed information and support to millions of people throughout the world.

• UPC: 55311767
• Rating: 4.667

Antique Cars to Color : Coloring Book for Dementia Patients

Help dementia patients by keeping their brains active. Coloring is an activity that activates both parts of the cerebral hemisphere. When you choose a color, you're using logic. When you mix and match colors, you're

• UPC: 701457347

Brain Training Exercises : For Patients with Early Signs of Dementia/Alzheimer's

Brain Training Exercises for Patients with Early Signs of Alzheimer's or Dementia includes a variety of activities designed to improve cognitive and physical development and has been affirmed as ..".a great asset to extra curricula

• UPC: 53080724

Caring for a Loved One with Dementia : A Mindfulness-Based Guide for Reducing Stress and Making the Best of Your Journey Together

A unique and compassionate guide offers an effective mindfulness-based dementia care (MBDC) program to help caregivers meet their own needs and lower stress levels while caring for their loved ones.

• UPC: 46506262

Grandpa Got Hooked! Crossword Puzzles for Dementia Patients Fill in Books with 70 Drills

Would you like to help grandpa in his fight against dementia? Then work with him in solving these puzzles. Solving crossword puzzles will help improve your chances against dementia because they keep your brain sharp

• UPC: 963134377

Visiting the Memory Caf� and Other Dementia Care Activities : Evidence-Based Interventions for Care Homes

Outlining the enhancing dementia care programme developed by the editors, this book looks at the activities trialled within care homes and gives evidence of their

• UPC: 56072666

Thoughtful Dementia Care: Understanding the Dementia Experience - eBook

The author carefully explains the loss of various types of memory and other thinking processes. She describes how these losses affect the day to day life of people with dementia, their understanding of the world

• UPC: 911164001

A Profile of Dementia: The Patient and the Caregiver - eBook

The book is about the ordeals of a patient and the caregiver in a case of

• UPC: 848134013

Parkinson's Disease and Dementia Family Caregiver Series: How our family prepared a home to care for our elderly parents - eBook

My husband and I live with and care for both of his elderly parents and my mother. Our experiences as family caregivers inspired this series of e-booklets. In this first booklet: How our family prepared

• UPC: 320448777