Download or read book Visiting the Memory Caf and other Dementia Care Activities written by Caroline Baker and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia. The activities presented in this book have been designed to provide meaningful engagement for residents, while respecting each individual resident's readiness to engage and participate. This approach to person-centred care has proven to be extremely effective: activities such as Namaste Care and Memory Cafés have engaged residents who had previously not responded to interventions, demonstrably showing an increase in their levels of well-being. Supported by case studies, each chapter will also recommend the best way to implement the ideas discussed in the care home environment and beyond.
Download or read book Visiting with Love written by E. Jane Wyatt and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have family or friends diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's?And do you feel uncomfortable visiting them, not certain what to say or do? If this feels like your situation, then read on...You Are About To Discover The Easiest Way To Visit Your Loved One In Memory Care Without Feeling Uncomfortable Or As If The Visits Don't Add Any Value!When visiting someone in memory care who is suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, it requires some level of preparation for a positive experience. Without this, the visits end up feeling awkward and unfulfilling.Fortunately, this guide will help you plan ahead for successful visits. And even serve to encourage you, your friends and family to visit the memory-impaired more often.More precisely, you will learn:*What to keep in mind and what to do before you visit your friend or family in memory care*How you can use physical touch during the visit to bring out a feeling of comfort, kindness, and support*How to leverage the power of music to set a different mood during the visit*How to make the person feel like they are capable, valued, and appreciated*The power of physical movement on your loved one*How to connect genuinely and listen intently, allowing the connection with the memory-impaired individual to feel that you really care.*And much more...This book offers practical suggestions presented in a concise, time-saving manner. The value and benefit of your visits will improve immediately. And allow both the visitor and the visitee to receive the gifts of companionship and love. Time is precious, and never more so than for caregivers. The goal of the 10 Minute Caregiver Guide Series is to give concise information that can be absorbed quickly and immediately put into action. The first in the series, Visiting with Love: Productive Activities for Memory Care and Elder Care Residents, provides a host of ideas for productive visits to those in memory care facilities.
Download or read book Memory Activity Book The written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combat and manage the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, from memory loss to disorientation with this practical activity book. From physical activities to crafts and puzzles, The Memory Activity Bookprovides those with memory loss and their carers with ideas, tools and guidance. There are two sections for each activity- one that a person with dementia or memory loss themselves can safely engage and interact with; and another for relatives, friends, and carers, which includes added guidance and information on possible reactions and intended benefits. Whether you or someone in your life are challenged by this increasingly prevalent condition,The Memory Activity Book is a valuable resource designed to stimulate the mind.
Download or read book A Different Visit written by Adena Joltin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback Version of formerly spiral bound manual. This book will show family members how to have a better visit with a loved one with a cognitive disability. Includes easy to follow instructions designed to engage family members and their loved ones in purposeful activity.
Download or read book A Walk in a Desert Garden A Senior Reader Picture Book for Memory Care Dementia Care Alzheimer s Care written by Celia Ross and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memory care activities picture book enables armchair travel and also facilitates reminiscence activities. Lots of colorful photos plus activities pages. Limited amount of text in extra-large print. A travel magazine for memory care activities! This product is ideal for activities departments, occupational therapy departments, and gifts for loved ones.
Download or read book Memory Activity Book written by Helen Lambert and published by DK. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 70 brain-stimulating activities for people with memory loss or dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Physical and mental activities along with social interaction may help maintain your brain health and slow the progress of memory loss and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. They can also provide a meaningful way to connect. This book is packed with fun and creative ideas, from nature walks, gardening, and exercise to arts, crafts, puzzles, and games. Each activity includes step-by-step instructions, the specific benefits, and ways to adapt the activity for different abilities. Designed for people with memory loss or dementia along with their family, friends, and caregivers, AARP's Memory Activity Book is a valuable resource for everyone touched by these conditions.
Download or read book A Different Visit written by Adena Joltin and published by Myers Research Institute. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have a loved one with memory impairment, this manual is a wonderful resource. A Different Visit gives you ideas that will allow you to recapture the enjoyment of visiting with your loved one. Inside are activities designed to stimulate conversation and interaction and provide support to make each visit more enjoyable than the last. This manual was created to help people have a different visit with relatives who have memory problems, such as those related to dementia. We hope that here you can find many activities that are right for you and your family members regardless of where they are in the course of dementia. We understand that every person with dementia is different. What works for one person may not work for another, and what works one day may not work another day. This manual is written specifically to you - all those who love family members dearly, but need some inspiration for how to better engage and interact with them.
Download or read book Dementia and the Family written by Rachel Johnstone and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dementia and the family 160 + intergenerational activities which will spark memories, stimulate engagement, encourage interaction, and which focus on your loved one's capabilities and interests. Fun, easy-to-follow and dementia-friendly Adaptations for different stages of dementia Explanation about why the activity is beneficial and appropriate Activities are organised by themes: Reminiscence trips and activities Games Arts, crafts and music Relaxation, exercise and outside Home, food and shopping Something for you Step-by-step framework to show how to develop your own successful family activities Ideal for use by families to support a loved one with dementia at home. Great resource for care homes, Memory Cafes and people working in day services and voluntary organisations. Sections on: Caring for a loved one with dementia How to talk to children about dementia How memory works Creating a dementia-friendly home Communicating with someone with dementia Why stimulation and activities are so important to a person with dementia Website with even more activity ideas, useful articles and a list of organisations providing support. Please visit www.parentsandfamilies.com
Download or read book Memory List For Dementia Patients written by Joan Colorwith and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making lists of things is great exercice for the brain. If you have a parent with dementia or suffering for Alzheimer's disease this book will be a nice gift. It helps to recall things and names, it is fun to fill in and you can write down score under every task your dementia patient fills in. It contains a rating where patient can rate experience from every exercice. Great way to spend time for elderly patients. Book contains: 20 lists activities, 20 simple coloring pages, with relaxing mandalas and abstract patterns easy to color. printed only on one side for more convenience. large size 8,5x11 inch, 82 pages, 41 sheets of paper, black print, simple questions to make this activity enjoyable and fun, beaitifull glossy cover. Check "Look inside" feature to see how it looks inside.
Download or read book A Walk in the Park written by Celia Ross and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memory care / dementia care / Alzheimer's care picture book facilitates reminiscence activities focused on days spent walking in the park. This product is ideal for activities departments, occupational therapy departments, and gifts for loved ones. A product for keeping minds active and engaged.
Download or read book On the Go with Senior Services written by Phyllis Goodman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only does this book offer insights into how to better serve all seniors, but it also provides complete step-by-step instructions for dozens of exciting and engaging programs that can be held both onsite and offsite. While serving the senior population is a standard service in public libraries, it has traditionally focused on in-house programs and homebound services. On the Go with Senior Services is different. With this inspiring and practical guide, your library can rejuvenate its in-house services with new programs and also take them on the road—to retirement and assisted living communities, adult day care programs, and nursing homes and rehab centers. With such diversity in the senior population, this book describes strategies for designing senior programs that fit your community's needs. It offers a trove of templates for programs that range from crafts, word games, pop culture, pets, holidays, humor, mysteries, technology, and music. It offers tips and suggestions on how to interact with seniors, including those who may have a variety of physical and cognitive needs. There are also guidelines for working with individuals suffering from dementia. A robust list of further resources is provided. The growing population of seniors presents librarians with new challenges and opportunities, and this book is a valuable guide to navigating and embracing them.
Download or read book Library Dementia Services written by Timothy J. Dickey and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are 50 million people globally living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and tens of millions of their caregivers. Library and information professionals must learn to assist those with dementia. This book explores best practice guidelines and concrete ideas for serving those with dementia and their caregivers.
Download or read book The Last Ocean written by Nicci Gerrard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Five Minutes of Amazing written by Chris Graham and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story poses a profound question - do we accept the hand that fate deals us, or do we battle to make the most of the life we have and help others in the process? Chris Graham, just 38 years old but already facing the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, has emphatically chosen the latter. Having lived through a troubled childhood, Chris joined the British Army at a young age and found that the life of a soldier provided him with a much-needed sense of stability. However, his world was turned upside down when, at just 34 years of age, he was diagnosed with a form of early onset dementia. This brutal disease had already claimed the life of his father at 42, along with several other members of his family, and tragically had already confined his brother to a nursing home at the age of 43. In his brother's life, Chris could see a terrifying window into his own near future. Chris, though, is an extraordinary human being. Having been handed nothing less than a death sentence, he decided overnight to stand up to this horrendous disease and do something to leave his mark before it was too late. And so it was that last year, Chris embarked on an awareness-raising 16,000-mile solo cycle around North America, armed only with his bike, a sense of humour, and some good old-fashioned British grit. Leaving his ever-supportive wife Vicky and baby son Dexter at home, he took on huge challenges - for instance, the fear that the ability to discern left from right might leave him at any point while navigating an entire continent - and made it home in time for Christmas, determined to spending however long he has left pouring his love and attention into his family life. Five Minutes of Amazing is both the story of Chris' epic journey and of his fight against the disease increasingly being recognised as the defining disease of our generation. Inspiring and heart-rending in equal measure, it's as important as it is moving, and it will touch everyone who reads it.
Download or read book Alzheimer s An Engineer s View written by Fred Walker and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dementia with Dignity written by Judy Cornish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
Download or read book Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dementia written by Helle Arendrup Mortensen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
