Dementia Care

🌟 Navigating Alzheimer’s Disease: A Guide for Families and Caregivers 🌟 Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone. Navigating Alzheimer’s Disease is your trusted guide to understanding the condition, managing daily challenges, and finding emotional support along the journey. ✨ Inside this essential book, you'll discover: ✔ Understanding Alzheimer’s – Learn how the disease progresses and what to expect at each stage. ✔ Real-Life Stories – Gain insights from families who have walked this path, sharing their ...

Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. Few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia, however - and that is where A Loving Approach to Dementia Care can help. The book offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss.

It has been said that everyone knows a cancer survivor, but no one has met an Alzheimer's survivor - until now. In his first two books, Dr. Dale Bredesen outlined the revolutionary treatments that are changing what had previously seemed like the inevitable outcome of cognitive decline and dementia. And in these moving narratives, you can hear directly from the first survivors of Alzheimer’s themselves - their own amazing stories of hope told in their own words.

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.

Unraveling the Mysteries of Dementia: Early Signs and Symptoms Are forgetfulness, confusion, or personality changes just signs of aging—or something more? "Unraveling the Mysteries of Dementia: Early Signs and Symptoms" is a powerful, eye-opening guide designed to help you understand one of the most misunderstood and life-altering conditions of our time. Whether you're a caregiver, a family member, or someone seeking answers, this book offers essential knowledge, compassion, and clarity. Dementia is not just one disease—it’s an umbrella term for over 100 different conditions, with ...

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands of caring for a loved one with Dementia?

Balancing work, personal life, and caregiving's intense emotional and physical challenges can seem impossible. But you don't have to face it alone.

What Sets Dementia Decoded Apart?

Unlike other guides, this is explicitly tailored to caregivers' unique needs. Each chapter addresses both the practical and emotional aspects of dementia care. Whether you're new to caregiving or looking for advanced strategies, this book is your essential companion in navigating the complexities of Dementia.

When a loved one shows signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, you will face challenges for which you feel ill-prepared. Dozens of decisions will need to be made: •Can Mom safely live by herself safely? If not, what if she refuses to leave her home? •When do I need to take away the car keys and checkbook? •Should I correct her when she insists her dead sister is still alive? •How do I handle her repetitive questions and accusations? •How do I keep her entertained? •How do I handle her angry outbursts, refusal to take a bath, and inappropriate comments? •Should I quit ...

Take Charge of Your Loved One's Care with This Essential Handbook Caring for a loved one with dementia is one of the most noble, challenging, and important tasks you can undertake. This guide provides you with the tools to be a confident, empowered, and knowledgeable caregiver, including: Behavior 101: How to manage troublesome behaviors. Health & Hygiene: Nutrition, bathing, and exercise essentials. Medication & Therapy: Strategies for effective treatment management. Dos and Don'ts: Key caregiving tips.

For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future?

The prospect of a long-term commitment to caregiving for someone with dementia can trigger overwhelming fear, leaving you uncertain about where to even begin. The feeling of helplessness can be difficult to bear! Fortunately, you'll find answers and practical tools in this helpful caregiver handbook. Discover strategies to care for your loved one while not losing yourself in the process.

Caregiving: How to Hold On While Letting Go – Real Help, Hope & Humor for Alzheimer’s, Dementia & Parkinson’s Caregivers Are you caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, or Parkinson’s disease? You're not alone—and this book is here to walk with you through the emotional and practical challenges with actionable strategies. In Caregiving: How to Hold On While Letting Go, Debbie DeMoss Compton shares her firsthand experiences, heartfelt encouragement, and real-world solutions to help you manage the stress and uncertainty of caregiving. Backed by research, interviews, and...

Discover expert strategies for reducing the impact of memory loss, even if it has already disrupted daily life for years. Are you struggling to provide care and comfort to someone with memory loss while also coping with your own emotions and responsibilities? Do you feel overwhelmed by the constant need to communicate and manage behaviors as the illness progresses? Do you want to understand how to maintain cognitive health and delay memory loss? If these questions resonate with you, know that you are not alone. Caregivers, healthcare professionals, and families face these challenges daily, ...

Dementia caregivers frequently suffer from emotional stress, financial hardship, and fractured families. Discover successful care techniques and useful resources that decrease these stresses from day one. Caregiver Overwhelmed is written by a registered nurse with over 20 years of hands-on experience in elderly care and dementia. As a memory care director and home care clinical manager, she focuses on providing education to both professional and family caregivers. Her expertise is now available for home caregivers in this resource-rich, how-to guide.

Eveline Helmink's life changed forever when her mother showed signs of dementia. With her father living in denial and her mother slowly becoming unable to recognize her, Eveline was left emotionally stranded with no help on the way. Over 16 million people in the US, like Eveline, are not receiving the support they need as someone they're close to battles dementia—but this book can provide a much-needed source of emotional sustenance.

From the author of the popular Mildred Budge church lady books comes a brand-new spin-off series featuring the friends of Mildred Budge and how they see the same world Miss Budge inhabits—and her, too. In Belle, the first book in the new series, friends of Mildred Budge see life in Cloverdale through the eyes of Belle Deerborn. Belle Deerborn lives next door to Mildred Budge. The Deerborn house is across and open field, and Belle sits out on her back stoop each morning reading her Bible and also watching Mildred live and the people who come and go. Others see Belle as living a confined ...

Caregiving is challenging, but understanding your loved one's behavior and using effective strategies can ease the burden.

Almost six million Americans—about one in every ten people over the age of sixty-five—have Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias, and this number is projected to more than double by 2050. What is it like to live with and amid this increasingly prevalent condition—an affliction that some fear more than death? In My Father’s Brain, the distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar sets his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s alongside his own journey toward understanding this disease and how it might best be coped with, if not cured.

“Stress causes disease. Redox imbalance is why.” From that seven-word thesis, “One Disease: Redox Imbalance” builds the provocative case that stress-driven imbalance in the body’s oxidation/reduction (redox) systems, is central to the onset and progression of chronic diseases ranging from aging to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental illness and more. Author Michael Sherer has synthesized research drawn from over 250,000 articles on Pubmed, a repository of global medical research, to explain what redox imbalance is, why you and even your doctor are likely unaware of it, and to ...

WARNING: This book will transform you into the ultimate cool-cat in ANY crowd! Ever wondered about why cats seem irresistibly drawn to laser pointers? Or the mystery behind cats' uncanny ability to sense their owner's emotions? (HINT: It's NOT because they're psychic) Look up, cat lovers! Get ready to pounce on a whisker-twitching adventure with "Interesting Facts for Curious Cats"! Prepare To Uncover: The scientific curiosity behind a cat's love for chasing laser dots The historical tale of cats' sacred status in Ancient Egypt The intriguing fact that cats have a unique 'language' they use...

Recognizing that someone in your life has dementia is shocking. Lessons Learned About Dementia From My Mother will help the reader better understand some of the unique characteristics of dementia. The book leads through three areas including changes to watch for, cultivating a comfortable environment, and tips for visiting. This is not a medical book but a daughter's experience shared in the hope of helping others who are navigating this difficult journey.