Author: Liz Leach Murphy
Publisher: Critical Publishing
ISBN: 1915713072
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Gain the knowledge and insight you need to support your loved one with dementia to live life as they wish. When a family member is diagnosed with dementia it’s difficult to know what to do. Do you worry you don’t have the skills and knowledge to support them? And what about looking after your own mental health? A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia is here to help. Written by someone with lots of experience in this field, it gives you the knowledge and insight to be able to support the person with dementia to live life as they wish. This easy-to-follow and accessible guide contains information that is intended to support people to plan for how they want to live their life, receive their care, and for end-of-life planning. In this book you will find: Details of the different types of dementia and the dementia journey Explanations of the various Person Centred approaches to dementia care Information about people's rights within the health and social care legislation Insights into behaviour and methods of communication Support options available to you and your loved one, paid and community-based. Often people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their families report feeling lost and not sure what to do apart from learning to adapt and find a way to do their best in what can often be difficult circumstances. This book provides easy, engaging, and practical content for things to consider and conversations to have so as to be able to provide the best care and support on a basis of sound understanding from everyone involved.
A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia
Author: Liz Leach Murphy
Publisher: Critical Publishing
ISBN: 1915713072
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Gain the knowledge and insight you need to support your loved one with dementia to live life as they wish. When a family member is diagnosed with dementia it’s difficult to know what to do. Do you worry you don’t have the skills and knowledge to support them? And what about looking after your own mental health? A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia is here to help. Written by someone with lots of experience in this field, it gives you the knowledge and insight to be able to support the person with dementia to live life as they wish. This easy-to-follow and accessible guide contains information that is intended to support people to plan for how they want to live their life, receive their care, and for end-of-life planning. In this book you will find: Details of the different types of dementia and the dementia journey Explanations of the various Person Centred approaches to dementia care Information about people's rights within the health and social care legislation Insights into behaviour and methods of communication Support options available to you and your loved one, paid and community-based. Often people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their families report feeling lost and not sure what to do apart from learning to adapt and find a way to do their best in what can often be difficult circumstances. This book provides easy, engaging, and practical content for things to consider and conversations to have so as to be able to provide the best care and support on a basis of sound understanding from everyone involved.
Publisher: Critical Publishing
ISBN: 1915713072
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Gain the knowledge and insight you need to support your loved one with dementia to live life as they wish. When a family member is diagnosed with dementia it’s difficult to know what to do. Do you worry you don’t have the skills and knowledge to support them? And what about looking after your own mental health? A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia is here to help. Written by someone with lots of experience in this field, it gives you the knowledge and insight to be able to support the person with dementia to live life as they wish. This easy-to-follow and accessible guide contains information that is intended to support people to plan for how they want to live their life, receive their care, and for end-of-life planning. In this book you will find: Details of the different types of dementia and the dementia journey Explanations of the various Person Centred approaches to dementia care Information about people's rights within the health and social care legislation Insights into behaviour and methods of communication Support options available to you and your loved one, paid and community-based. Often people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their families report feeling lost and not sure what to do apart from learning to adapt and find a way to do their best in what can often be difficult circumstances. This book provides easy, engaging, and practical content for things to consider and conversations to have so as to be able to provide the best care and support on a basis of sound understanding from everyone involved.
The Complete Family Guide to Dementia
Author: Thomas F. Harrison
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462550053
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
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
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462550053
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
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
A Family Guide to Living Well with Dementia
Author: Liz Leach Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781915713063
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents ideas and approaches to support people living with dementia, and their families, to live a good life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781915713063
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents ideas and approaches to support people living with dementia, and their families, to live a good life.
Living With Dementia
Author: Esther Chang
Publisher: ACER Press
ISBN: 1742863310
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
A sensitive, direct and highly accessible insight into the complexities and challenges that a diagnosis of dementia presents. Contributors represent academics, practicing nurses, aged care professionals and family advocates.
Publisher: ACER Press
ISBN: 1742863310
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
A sensitive, direct and highly accessible insight into the complexities and challenges that a diagnosis of dementia presents. Contributors represent academics, practicing nurses, aged care professionals and family advocates.
SLOW PUNCTURE
Author: PETER. BUNT BERRY (DEB.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913208936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913208936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The 36-Hour Day
Author: Nancy L. Mace
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441705
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441705
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.
Dementia with Dignity
Author: Judy Cornish
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781974027620
Category : Alzheimer's disease
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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).
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781974027620
Category : Alzheimer's disease
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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).
Living in the Moment
Author: Elizabeth Landsverk
Publisher: Citadel
ISBN: 0806541776
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A renowned geriatrician shares tips on how families and individuals can live happy, engaged lives after a dementia diagnosis.
Publisher: Citadel
ISBN: 0806541776
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A renowned geriatrician shares tips on how families and individuals can live happy, engaged lives after a dementia diagnosis.
When Your Loved One Has Dementia
Author: Joy A. Glenner
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898668
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The result is a guide that integrates the practicalities of caregiving with the human emotions that accompany it.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898668
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The result is a guide that integrates the practicalities of caregiving with the human emotions that accompany it.
Living a Good Life with Dementia
Author: Liz Leach Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914171567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A practical exploration of what's possible when caring for someone living with dementia, to help them live their best life in a way that makes sense to them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914171567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A practical exploration of what's possible when caring for someone living with dementia, to help them live their best life in a way that makes sense to them.