Download or read book It s Not That Simple Helping Families Navigate the Alzheimer s Journey written by Pam Ostrowski and published by Alzheimer's Family Consulting. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps to relieve the fear, anxiety and confusion family member experience when a loved one is diagnosed with dementia. This 3-hour read provides detailed help with skills, tips and guidance based on 14 years of dementia experience.
Download or read book Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade written by Gary Chapman and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The 24 Hour Rule written by Cheryl Levin-Folio and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Michael Folio was in his mid-fifties, he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Naturally, he and his wife, Cheryl Levin-Folio, couldn't believe the news. But instead of running away from shock and fear of the unknown that accompanies such a diagnosis, the two let it sink in for a day and then created a plan to fight and do everything in their power to preserve, enhance and lengthen Michael's life. The 24-Hour Rule: Living with Alzheimer's is their positive, energetic, life-changing story. The book will help you care for your loved one with Alzheimer's and care for yourself, an equally essential component for managing the disease. Each chapter contains tips, strategies, and Cheryl's insights and personal experiences, all of which will help those afflicted with this devastating disease-and their caregivers-live from one day to the next with as much peace, enjoyment and dignity as possible. "Michael is demonstrating wonderful results compared to many patients at similar ages and stages of the illness. The menu of activities that Cheryl has assembled along with Michael's optimistic attitude have made this possible. Everything Michael and Cheryl are doing with their dedicated approach can help anyone affected with Alzheimer's. Unlike many books that focus on frightening aspects of future decline, The 24-Hour Rule: Living with Alzheimer's contains a wide range of helpful strategies for living every day to the fullest. I look forward to offering this enthusiastic how-to guide as a resource for all of our patients and families at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute!" -Amanda G. Smith, M.D. - Medical Director USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute - University of South Florida Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
Download or read book The Alzheimer s Journey It s Time to Get Organized written by Mr Roy P Poillon and published by Roy P. Poillon. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting organized in Alzheimer's journey is a significant challenge for the Alzheimer's family. Often the member of the family are not sure how to support the primary caregiver. We show them how; to get organized, to assign roles to family members to be proactive in getting educated about the disease. Areas to Organize include: Financial, Legal and Medical Records into binders. Also developing a support network for the primary caregiver which includes social network and professional services network. And because this is a spiritual journey we include how to bring your church into your world. This is supported with a webinar for the family to review the chapters of the book, get questions answered and have an on-line family meeting about getting organized. We do not give advice on any and all topics covering Financial, Legal or Medical. It is suggested that a family seek the services of a State licensed professional before making any and all final decisions.
Download or read book The 48 Hour Compass written by Jorge C Porter and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embarking on a life-changing journey with "The 48-Hour Compass: A Caregiver's Guide for Families to Help Their Loved Ones on the Journey of Understanding, Compassion, and Resilience Amidst Alzheimer's and Other Types of Dementia" This meticulously prepared book is more than a collection of facts; it is a beacon of empathy, providing families with a complete resource to traverse the complex landscape of caring for people with Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia. This handbook's central goal is to demystify the complexity of Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia. It opens the door to comprehension, arming families with the information they need to negotiate symptoms, progression, and the intricacies of diagnosis. The path begins with awakening, which enables families to approach caregiving with enlightened compassion. The guide reveals a variety of compassionate care strategies as the pages turn. Every facet of caregiving is covered, from creating a supportive atmosphere to developing effective communication and tackling behavioral problems with empathy. This is more than a guideline for infusing grace into every caregiving moment, acknowledging the unique dignity inherent in each human. Recognizing the importance of shared experiences, the guide highlights the value of developing supporting networks. It becomes a tapestry of true stories that show the ups and downs of the caregiver's journey. Families are invited not just to receive practical ideas, but also to feel the strength that comes from a compassionate community's shared understanding. This handbook is more than simply a guide; it is a partner in empowerment. It gives families the tools they need to not only survive but thrive in the face of Alzheimer's and dementia. Practical counsel, emotional support, and a plan for building a loving atmosphere are provided, encouraging resilience and steadfast compassion. Welcome to a thorough companion that embraces understanding, providing peace, insights, and practical advice for the compassionate path ahead. Whether you're a caregiver looking for advice or a family member navigating the difficulties of dementia, this handbook is a dependable companion dedicated to illuminating the way with compassion and expertise. Caregivers and families that embrace this handbook find not only information but also a source of strength-a caring guide that reflects the heartbeat of caregiving. If you are interested, kindly click on the buy button now.
Download or read book Hell No I Don t Remember I Have Alzheimer s written by Beth Withers Banning and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hell No I Don't Remember, I Have Alzheimer's!" were the very words spoken by one of our loved ones when asked if they remembered. Dementia and Alzheimer's are inordinate diseases that steal away the thoughts, memories, and perspectives of those impacted. They are villains that corrode the filters of one's mind leaving them open for more decay. Four authors have collaborated to share their experiences about the reality of caring for loved ones who have dementia/Alzheimer’s. If you are struggling with this disease as a caregiver, you will undoubtedly identify with many of the same experiences. It is our hope that our shared stories give you solace in knowing others are walking this journey with you. You are not alone. Perhaps you can find a respite in each chapter and take away valuable information.
Download or read book The 36 Hour Day written by Nancy L. Mace and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.
Download or read book Navigating the Alzheimer s Journey written by Carol Bowlby Sifton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease is more stressful than almost any other caregiving role. You may already know firsthand how true this is. With limited treatment options from the medical community, it is truly your care that is the most meaningful treatment for your loved one. Navigating the Alzheimer's Journey is your best guide to providing that care. Whether the diagnosis is still fresh or you are well into your caregiving journey, the suggestions in this book will smooth your way. Filled with reassurances and practical advice, Navigating the Alzheimer's Journey gives you the encouragement and tools you need to manage the daily care of someone with dementia in a caring, compassionate, and supportive way. As a longstanding professional Alzheimer's specialist and a former caregiver herself, Carol Bowlby Sifton knows exactly what information you need to know, including how Alzheimer's disease and other dementias may affect your loved ones, how to communicate and interact most successfully, and how to manage activities of daily care. Learn why challenging behaviors occur and how to respond to them, how to arrange the environment to support everyday functioning, how to capitalize on remaining abilities, when and how to get help, and what plans to make for future care. You will find your most pressing day-to-day needs met in this comprehensive and informative book. Just like a compass, it will keep you confidently pointed in the right direction at each stage of your caregiving journey.
Download or read book Undefeated Innocence written by Cheryl Crofoot Knapp and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you wonder where God is in Alzheimer's? Are you searching for hope in caregiving? I searched too--I lost both of my parents to Alzheimer's. They were its innocent victims. Caregiving for someone with Alzheimer's can be painfully brutal. We know how it ends. There is no cure. It doesn't get better. But I learned that we don't have to be defeated by it. And there is much grace and collateral beauty to be found in the journey. From broken memories to broken bones, Alzheimers catalyzed terror and defeat in my family. My parents were terrorized by the scrambling of their minds. We who loved them had to suffocate our feelings of defeat as they returned to innocence. As a caregiver, God allowed me to share in my parents passages back to undefeated innocence. I gained loving moments that I would have missed if I hadnt been involved and if I hadnt taken up the proper vantage point to see them. Undefeated Innocence offers hope to caregivers by weaving poignant personal experiences, humor, and biblical stories with a study of the Beatitudes. It answers Where is God? in Alzheimers. It confirms that caregiving experiences are abnormally normal, and its okay to store toothpaste in an underwear drawer. Undefeated Innocence reveals Gods grace through the storms and affirms that caregivers are not alone in wondering if life can return to a place of peace.
Download or read book Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents written by Cheryl A. Kuba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice. Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament to the dependent elderly. This book draws on numerous interviews with aging people and discusses common caregiver mistakes and interpretations, what a caregiver should expect when an aging parent moves in, and how to care for an aging parent from afar. Kuba also delves into such phenomena as guilt, role reversal, changing family dynamics, financial stress, and caring for oneself while caring for another. The 22.4 million elderly people being cared for in the United States comprises the fastest growing segment of the population, making this reference on the opinions and concerns of care receivers invaluable.
Download or read book Alzheimer s a Love Story written by Ann Davidson and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping memoir of one critical year in the life of Ann Davidson and her husband, Julian, a prominent physiology professor at Stanford Medical School who has Alzheimer's disease. These 56 vignettes each tell a complete story, progressing from Ann and Julian's initial confusion and anger through adjustments and moments of humor and joy to increasing acceptance and an odd sort of peace.
Download or read book H O P E for the Alzheimer s Journey written by Carol B. Amos and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A useful, step-by-step guide for anyone new to caring for those with Alzheimer’s.” —Library Journal H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer’s Journey equips Alzheimer’s caregivers with knowledge, tools, and advice for their difficult road ahead. Author Carol B. Amos incorporates her own experience—including her family’s email correspondence illustrating how they coped during this particular challenge. Amos also introduces The Caregiving Principle™: a simple approach that provides a deeper understanding of a person with Alzheimer’s disease and a framework for the caregiver’s role. She provides examples of how The Caregiving Principle™ helped her connect with her mother. H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer’s Journey encourages caregivers to take care for themselves and provides inspiration for a less stressful, more rewarding journey.
Download or read book Forgetting the Memories written by Steinberg and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimer's is a devastating disease, robbing its victims of so much of themselves before the end. For caregivers facing this disease, a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can sound like the ultimate tragedy, the disease that will rob us of our loved one by inches. It doesn't have to be. While Alzheimer's and related dementias are serious and not easily understood diseases, a new guide can help families negotiate the difficult scientific, emotional, and practical issues of dealing with the disease. In a moving and easy to read format, Dr. Steinberg has laid out a true caregiver's guide to dealing with Alzheimer's disease, from the first signs to the final stages. Incorporating science, real-life case studies from his practice and from his extensive experience as a nationally recognized seminar speaker, as well as from his personal journey coping with his mother's illness, Dr. Steinberg leads the reader through a learning and healing process. In a candid and personal sharing of his experience, Dr. Steinberg helps the reader clearly understand what to expect, when to ask for help, how to cope with the changes and the inevitable pressures within the family, and how to continue to love as a loved one's disease threatens family stability and well-being. With his profound knowledge of the disease, its treatment and manifestations, and his great love and tenderness as the son of an Alzheimer's patient, Dr. Steinberg has created a truly memorable work.
Download or read book Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer s Journey written by Jolene Brackey and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that we left them with will linger. The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.
Download or read book The Emotional Journey of the Alzheimer s Family written by Robert B. Santulli, MD and published by Dartmouth College Press. This book was released on 2015-03-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alzheimer's disease is a growing public health crisis. According to the Alzheimer's Association, there are 5.4 million victims of this disease; by 2050, there will be close to 15 million people who suffer from this debilitating disorder of memory, thinking, personality, and functioning. The disease profoundly affects immediate family members, close friends, and neighbors. These people - the Alzheimer's family - undergo tremendous psychological and emotional change as they witness the cruel and relentless progression of the disease in their loved one. Incorporating over thirty years of experience with Alzheimer's patients and their families with current medical knowledge, the authors chart the complex emotional journey of the Alzheimer's family from the onset of the disease through the death of the loved one. They discuss the anger that rises in the face of discordant views of the disease, the defenses that emerge when family members are unwilling to accept a dementia diagnosis, and the common emotions of anxiety, guilt, anger, and shame. They focus especially on grief as the core response to losing a loved one to dementia, and describe the difficult processes of adaptation and acceptance, which lead to personal growth. Final chapters emphasize the importance of establishing a care community and how to understand and cope with personal stress. This volume will be useful to medical professionals and ordinary people close to or caring for a person with dementia.
Download or read book Forget Me Not written by Lovelle Agbayani and published by Lovelle Agbayani. This book was released on 2024-03-02 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 🌼 Embrace a heartfelt journey of love, understanding, and resilience in "Forget Me Not: Understanding My Mother's Journey with Alzheimer's" 🌼 In this poignant and deeply personal e-book, delve into the profound story of a daughter's unwavering dedication to understanding and supporting her mother through the challenging terrain of Alzheimer's disease. Through raw emotions, candid reflections, and tender moments, the author invites you to witness the impact of this devastating illness on a family's bond and the strength that emerges through adversity. "Forget Me Not" is a tribute to the enduring love between a mother and daughter, navigating the complexities of memory loss, confusion, and change with grace and compassion. Gain insights into the realities of Alzheimer's, find solace in shared experiences, and discover the resilience that blooms in the face of life's greatest challenges. Open your heart to this touching narrative and embark on a transformative exploration of compassion and courage.
Download or read book The Longest Goodbye A Family s Hope Filled Journey Through Alzheimer s written by Shelly Calcagno and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we ever ready to say goodbye? She looked out into the yard sprinkled with spring dandelions. “Yellow flowers,” she said, searching for her words. We knew something wasn’t right. That’s when things began to fall apart for our family, when our longest goodbye journey began—the defining before-and-after moment. And now, looking back, it’s been almost a decade of slow loss and drawn-out grief as we slowly let go of our beautiful mom. In the middle of it all, though, we have learned to look for hope and chase down joy, discovering that, in spite of our pain, there are always gifts to be found, even on the hardest of days. Alzheimer’s disease affects almost fifty million people worldwide. It touches people across every walk of life. So, how do millions of people figure out how to love as they let go? The Longest Goodbye is a collection of stories and moments not just about the clinical side of memory loss–but the emotional heart journey. It is a story that shows how joy and grief are often intertwined and wrapped up together in the glorious mess of life. The Longest Goodbye encourages readers to remember the ones they love while they are still here and to intentionally celebrate and live through the pain and hard days. It’s filled with tears, hope, and bitter-sweet moments all held together by the beautiful love of a mother and daughter holding onto a life filled with memories, while learning to let go and say goodbye.
