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  • When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's

    What You Must Know, What You Can Do, and What You Should Expect A Dell Caregiving Guide

    by Marilyn Larkin, Lynn Sonberg ...
    Provides caregivers with compassionate strategies for dealing with the challenges related to Alzheimer's, from memory loss and behavior problems to maintaining quality of life and taking important legal steps. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Christine Bryden was 46 years old when she was diagnosed with dementia, and in this book she describes her remarkable emotional, physical and spiritual journey in the three years immediately following. Offering rare first-hand insights into how it feels to gradually lose the ability to undertake tasks most people take for granted, it is made all the more remarkable by Christine's positivity and ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words

    Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia

    by Kate Whouley ...
    From the author of the much-loved memoir Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved comes an engaging and inspiring account of a daughter who must face her mother’s premature decline.In Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words, Kate Whouleystrips away the romantic veneer of mother-daughter love to bare the toothed and tough reality of caring for a parent who is slowly losing her mind. Yet, this is not a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Leadership for Person-Centred Dementia Care

    by Buz Loveday ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    Person-centred dementia care relies on leadership that supports the ongoing process of learning about and valuing individuals, their feelings, strengths and needs, and using this knowledge to enhance wellbeing and create a positive care environment.With a strong practical focus and many helpful case examples, this book will equip readers with the practical skills, knowledge and confidence ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • The Spectrum of Hope

    An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

    by Gayatri Devi ...
    Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's.And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing in dementia and memory loss for more than 20 years, Dr. Gayatri Devi rewrites the story of Alzheimer's ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Hearing the Person with Dementia

    Person-Centred Approaches to Communication for Families and Caregivers

    by Bernie McCarthy ...
    Losing the ability to communicate can be a frustrating and difficult experience for people with dementia, their families and carers. As the disease progresses, the person with dementia may find it increasingly difficult to express themselves clearly, and to understand what others say.Written with both family and professional carers in mind, this book clearly explains what happens to communication ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Risk Assessment and Management for Living Well with Dementia

    by Charlotte L. Clarke, Heather Wilkinson, John Keady, Catherine E. Gibb, Catherine Gibb ...
    Series series University of Bradford Dementia Good Practice Guides
    Risk is central to professional practice, assessment and decision-making in dementia care. Yet theories of risk are often complex and difficult to translate into everyday practice.This book outlines some of the key issues in risk perception, assessment and management in dementia care in a way that is both practical and accessible to a wide range of practitioners. It develops an approach to risk ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Person-Centred Counselling for People with Dementia

    Making Sense of Self

    by Danuta Lipinska ...
    Although currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of their lives and their notions of themselves. The author explores the pervasive myth that all experiences of living with dementia are entirely negative and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • 'Til Death Do Us Part: A story of a lifetime of devotion

    by Suzanne Johnson ...
    This true, heart-wrenching love story will enlighten and offer support to those who struggle with the brutality and inevitability of Alzheimer's Disease. Readers will identify with the compassion of one care giver in comparison with the brutality of the disease itself.When I think of who my mother was in her prime, and who she became in the end, it's like imagining two different people. She too ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creativity and Communication in Persons with Dementia

    A Practical Guide

    by Claire Craig, Mr John Killick ...
    Providing people with dementia with opportunities to engage in creative activity can play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing communication, and in reinforcing personhood and identity. This thoughtful book describes how people with dementia, and the people who work with and care for them, can foster and develop a creative approach, and provides rich and varied ideas for creative activities ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Personalisation and Dementia

    A Guide for Person-Centred Practice

    by Gill Bailey, Martin Routledge, Helen Sanderson ...
    Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, and be supported to be part of their communities.This practical guide explains how to deliver personalised services and support for people with dementia through simple, evidence-based person-centred practices. The authors clearly explain personalisation ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Finding Meaning in the Experience of Dementia

    The Place of Spiritual Reminiscence Work

    by Elizabeth MacKinlay, Corinne Trevitt ...
    This groundbreaking book is based on the findings of the first major study on spiritual reminiscence work with people with dementia. Carried out over a decade, the study confirmed spiritual reminiscence to be an effective means of helping people with dementia to find meaning in their own experience, and interact in meaningful ways with others.The authors present the evidence for the efficacy of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD