Download or read book When a Loved One Has Dementia A Comforting Companion for Family and Friends written by Eveline Helmink and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An open-hearted and honest look at the reality of caring for someone with this life-changing diagnosis. Eveline generously shares her experiences, insights, and practical tools to cultivate compassion, acceptance, and love, even during the most painful experiences.”—Dr. Nicole LePera, New York Times–bestselling author of How to Do the Work A vital source of solace and compassion for those whose loved one has dementia, rooted in the author’s unflinching experience of caring for her mother Dementia enters life through the back door, slipping in unnoticed. Once it’s there, it can make you feel powerless, angry, and unsure how to move forward. When her mother developed dementia, Eveline Helmink wasn’t prepared. As she learned firsthand, when your loved one is suffering, it takes a toll on you, too. As you navigate finding professional caregivers and adapting to your loved one’s behavioral challenges, this book will help you confront all the complexities of the experience. Identify healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms. Work through feelings of denial, grief, guilt, shame, and fear. Summon the courage to make decisions in your loved one’s best interest. Live in the present, find laughter, and show love in the face of dementia. When a Loved One Has Dementia weaves together Eveline’s unflinching personal account and her empathetic guidance, allowing you to walk through the endless tunnel and illuminating the path to acceptance, forgiveness, and love.
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 Healing Your Grieving Heart When Someone You Care About Has Alzheimer s written by Alan D. Wolfelt and published by Companion Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating the challenging journey that families and friends of Alzheimer’s patients must endure, this heartfelt guide reveals how their struggle is as complex and drawn out as the illness itself. Confronting their natural but difficult process of grieving and mourning, the study covers the inevitable feelings of shock, sadness, anger, guilt, and relief, illustrating the initial reactions people commonly feel from the moment of the dementia’s onset. Healthy and productive ways to acknowledge and express these feelings are suggested along with 100 tips and activities that fulfill the emotional, spiritual, cognitive, physical, and social needs of those who care about someone afflicted with this debilitating disease. Special consideration is also shown for caregivers, whose grief is often complicated by the demanding physical attention that patients require.
Download or read book A Journal for Bad Days written by Eveline Helmink and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get through the tough times with dozens of prompts and activities in this companion journal to the popular Handbook for Bad Days. A Journal for Bad Days provides the tools to help you through tough times. Inside, you will find questions to ponder while facing the worst days with courage, compassion, and your head held high. This journal provides sixty prompts inspired by the topics referenced in the popular Handbook for Bad Days, including the benefits of a good cry, the importance of a social media detox, the power of saying “yes, but…”, and the gift of an apology. In these prompts, you can document your personal stories, thoughts, and intimate contemplations about grief, living in the present, ego, and more. Bad days are part of being human, but they no longer have to control you. Instead, you can take charge of your low days and transform them, and yourself.
Download or read book The Complete Family Guide to Dementia written by Thomas F. Harrison and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you don’t have to be a medical expert to be a good care provider in this authoritative guide. They explain the basics of dementia and offer effective strategies for coping with the medical, emotional, and financial toll. With the right skills, you can navigate changing family roles, communicate better with your parent, keep him or her safe, and manage difficult behaviors. Learn how to "care smarter, not harder"--and help your loved one maintain the best possible quality of life. Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category Winner (Third Place)--Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Family & Relationships Category
Download or read book Caring for a Person with Alzheimer s Disease Your Easy to Use Guide from the National Institute on Aging Revised January 2019 written by National Institute on Aging and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide tells you how to: Understand how AD changes a person Learn how to cope with these changes Help family and friends understand AD Plan for the future Make your home safe for the person with AD Manage everyday activities like eating, bathing, dressing, and grooming Take care of yourself Get help with caregiving Find out about helpful resources, such as websites, support groups, government agencies, and adult day care programs Choose a full-time care facility for the person with AD if needed Learn about common behavior and medical problems of people with AD and some medicines that may help Cope with late-stage AD
Download or read book When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community written by Rachael Wonderlin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to help family and friends navigate the emotional and practical challenges they face when someone they love is living in community care. 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 empathetically to the worry and guilt many families feel. "Do not let anyone make you feel like you have taken the 'easy way out' by choosing a dementia care community," she writes. "You are still going to deal with a lot of challenging behaviors, concerns, and questions regarding your loved one's care." When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community is an accessible guide offering answers to such questions as: How do I choose a place for my loved one to live? What can I find out by visiting a candidate memory-care community twice? What do I do if my loved one asks about going home? How can I improve the quality of my visits? What is the best way to handle conflict between residents, or between the resident and staff? How can I cope with my loved one's sundowning? What do I do if my loved one starts a romantic relationship with another resident? An indispensable book for family members and friends of people with dementia, When Someone You Know is Living in a Dementia Care Community touches the heart while explaining how to make a difficult situation better.
Download or read book Loving Someone Who Has Dementia written by Pauline Boss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book United written by Tony Husband and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new illustrated book that captures the real life tales of people with dementia, and from the loved ones and professional carers who support them. Stories from families living with the realities of dementia are illustrated in a humorous but moving style and will be relatable and supportive for anyone touched by dementia in their lives. The stories reflect on: - The heart-wrenching decision to move a loved one to a care home and the guilt and emotions that accompany this - The behavioural changes that accompany the different stages of this disease - The impact of receiving a diagnosis - Caring for elderly parents when dementia complicates their ability to look after each other - Planning ahead for the imminent future when your loved one may lose the capacity to make decisions - The realities of caring for someone with young onset dementia - The loneliness and isolation of caring and the importance of peer support - The worry and guilt around long-distance caring - Making time for positive hobbies and routines - Facing dementia in public when you are a well-known figure
Download or read book Help Is Here written by Marian Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dementia Caregiver Guide written by Caradon Jordan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for a loved one with dementia is one of the most challenging yet rewarding journeys you can undertake. "The Dementia Caregiver Guide: Fight Like a Man for Your Loved One" is a comprehensive, heartfelt guide designed to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and inspiration needed to navigate this demanding path with strength and compassion. This guide begins with a touching introduction that sets the stage for the emotional and practical realities of dementia caregiving. It delves into the purpose of the guide, offering a thorough understanding of dementia, its types, symptoms, and progression, along with the importance of early detection and diagnosis. Discover the pivotal role of a caregiver, defined clearly with practical advice on balancing personal life with caregiving duties, seeking support, and managing the emotional and physical challenges. Building a robust support system through family, friends, support groups, and professional help is explored in detail, providing strategies for daily caregiving tasks, including personal hygiene, nutrition, medication management, and creating a safe living environment. Learn effective communication techniques, handling difficult behaviors, and encouraging physical activity and mental stimulation. The guide also addresses managing stress and anxiety, recognizing and adapting to behavioral changes, and dealing with memory loss and role reversal. Financial planning, understanding legal rights, and exploring care options like in-home care, assisted living facilities, and hospice care are thoroughly covered, ensuring you have all the information needed to make informed decisions. Real-life stories and experiences from fellow caregivers provide powerful insights and inspiration, while sections on self-care, stress management techniques, and maintaining social connections emphasize the importance of taking care of yourself. In the final chapters, the guide offers compassionate advice on recognizing end-of-life signs, providing comfort and support, managing grief and loss, and seeking bereavement support. Reflect on your journey, find encouragement and motivation, and access a wealth of resources for further support. "The Dementia Caregiver Guide: Fight Like a Man for Your Loved One" is more than just a manual; it's a companion that empowers you to face the challenges of dementia caregiving with courage, resilience, and unwavering love.
Download or read book The Caregiver s Companion written by Carolyn A. Brent and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive, straightforward handbook to help family caregivers with sibling and parent-child communication, end-of-life decision making, and guidance for how to help a loved one medically, financially, and emotionally"--
Download or read book Living with Dementia written by Hugh McLenaghan and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a Journey of Hope and EmpowermentNavigating the path of dementia can be daunting, but within these pages lies a guiding light, a beacon of hope, and a wellspring of practical wisdom for those embarking on this unique journey. "Living with Dementia" is more than a book; it's an essential companion, a comforting hand extended to individuals, families, and caregivers, offering transformative insights and invaluable strategies to make each day a little brighter.Key Benefits: Empowering Insights: Gain a deeper understanding of dementia, its challenges, and its triumphs, empowering you with knowledge and insights to navigate this terrain with confidence. Practical Guidance: Discover practical strategies, tips, and coping mechanisms for daily living, allowing for a smoother and more enriching journey for both individuals and their loved ones. Emotional Support: Find solace in shared experiences and stories, providing comfort, reassurance, and a sense of camaraderie on this shared path. Enhanced Quality of Life: Uncover ways to promote dignity, foster connections, and craft moments of joy and meaning amid the challenges, improving the overall quality of life. A Toolkit of Resilience: Equip yourself with resilience-building tools, fostering a sense of empowerment and strength in the face of adversity.Step into a World of Compassion and Knowledge. Order "Living with Dementia" Today and Let this Book Illuminate Your Journey!
Download or read book The Dementia Handbook written by Judy Cornish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Dementia and Alzheimer's are very personal and individual experiences they vary from person to person. However, Cornish has identified a pattern in the abilities and disabilities of people living with dementia. Based on her findings, Cornish was able to develop methods for caregivers to ease emotional distress, which can quickly and safely resolve behavioral complications. Though people with dementia lose a sense of self, they are still the same person you always loved. Judy Cornish understands this. The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home is the supportive guide you've been looking for as you walk alongside your loved one on this difficult but potentially rewarding new path.
Download or read book My Guide Dementia written by Natalika Kraft and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dementia - Tips for Family and Friends: A Guide to Supporting and Caring for Dementia Patients Do you feel overwhelmed with caring for someone with dementia? Do you often feel helpless and unsure of how to manage daily life for yourself and the person with dementia? Would you like to know how to best support them as a family member or friend? If you answered "yes" to these questions, "Dementia - Tips for Family and Friends" by Natalika Kraft is exactly what you need. This book is for anyone who genuinely cares about the well-being of a person with dementia and is seeking practical, understandable, and compassionate advice. Whether you are a family member, a friend, or a caregiver, this guide will help you overcome the challenges of everyday life with dementia. Why this book? In "Dementia - Tips for Family and Friends," you will not only receive valuable information but also support and comfort during a difficult time. Author Natalika Kraft brings her experience and empathy to help you make the best decisions and improve the quality of life for everyone involved. What does the book change? This book offers you: - Practical tips and strategies to make daily life with a dementia patient easier. - Proven methods to cope with emotional and physical challenges. - Compassionate advice on maintaining your own health and well-being. - Understanding and support, so you don't feel alone. What will you gain? By reading this book, you will gain: - Confidence and trust in dealing with dementia patients. - Concrete action plans that can be implemented immediately. - Emotional relief, knowing that you are not alone. - Better quality of life for yourself and the person with dementia. The goal of this book: The goal of this book is to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to offer the best possible support while maintaining your own health and well-being. Get your copy of "Dementia - Tips for Family and Friends" now and take the first step toward a better understanding and handling of dementia. Turn your uncertainty into confidence and your helplessness into action.
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book Living with Dementia written by Dementia Alliance and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many resources available about the cognitive changes and impairments associated with dementia, including Alzheimer's. Little has been written, however, about LIVING with, what for many will be, a long-term condition. This handbook provides information and insights provided bypeople living with dementia and their care partners to help family and friends better understand living with early and moderate symptoms of dementia, and how to best support someone you care about.
