Authors: Jytte Lokvig, John D. Becker
ISBN-13: 9781572243958, ISBN-10: 1572243953
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
There are plenty of books about Alzheimer's disease-good books that can tell you what it is, what might cause it, and how it's treated. But few of them go on to tell you how to be the best caregiver you can be for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This book, written by an experienced caregiver and a physician specializing in Alzheimer's treatment, does both. Each section of this easy-to-read, alphabetically organized guide shares a wealth of practical knowledge and friendly, compassionate advice. The conversational articles will help you creatively solve everyday problems while still validating your loved one and providing them with rewarding day-to-day experiences. Browse the topics that interest you most or read the book straight through; as you care for your loved one with Alzheimer's, you'll find this book to be a constant and dependable source of encouragement and support.
Foreword | ix | |
Preface | xi | |
Acknowledgments | xiii | |
Introduction | 1 | |
A3 | ||
Acceptance | 3 | |
Activities | 4 | |
Affection | 6 | |
Age | 6 | |
Aggression | 7 | |
Agitation | 9 | |
Alternative Remedies | 10 | |
Alzheimer's Disease | 13 | |
Alzheimer's Medications | 17 | |
Appetite | 19 | |
Attitude | 20 | |
B22 | ||
Baby Talk | 22 | |
Bathroom | 23 | |
Bath Time | 24 | |
Birthdays | 26 | |
Body Language | 27 | |
C29 | ||
Care Facilities | 29 | |
Celebrations | 33 | |
Children | 34 | |
Choices | 35 | |
Coaching | 35 | |
Communication | 38 | |
Compliments | 39 | |
Comprehension | 40 | |
Confusion | 41 | |
Conversations | 41 | |
Counseling | 44 | |
Crowds | 45 | |
Cursing | 46 | |
D48 | ||
Day Care | 48 | |
Death and Dying | 49 | |
Dementia | 52 | |
Dental Health | 54 | |
Depression | 55 | |
Diet and Nutrition | 56 | |
Dignity | 58 | |
Discussions | 59 | |
Diversions | 60 | |
Dressing | 62 | |
Driving | 64 | |
E66 | ||
Eating | 66 | |
Emergency Pack | 68 | |
Empathy | 68 | |
Environment | 70 | |
Exercise | 71 | |
Eye and Sight Health | 75 | |
F77 | ||
Family | 77 | |
Fixations | 78 | |
Foot Care | 79 | |
Forgetfulness | 80 | |
Forgiveness | 80 | |
Friends | 82 | |
Future | 83 | |
G85 | ||
Games | 85 | |
Gardening | 86 | |
Going Home | 87 | |
Guilt | 89 | |
H91 | ||
Hallucinations | 91 | |
Health | 91 | |
Hearing Health | 96 | |
Hoarding | 96 | |
Home Help | 97 | |
Home Safety | 99 | |
Honesty | 101 | |
Hospital | 103 | |
Humor | 106 | |
I108 | ||
Identification | 108 | |
Incontinence | 108 | |
Independence | 112 | |
J113 | ||
Journals | 113 | |
K114 | ||
Kitchen | 114 | |
L117 | ||
Laughter | 117 | |
Listening | 118 | |
Love | 119 | |
Loving Lies | 119 | |
M122 | ||
Massage | 122 | |
Medication | 123 | |
Memories | 124 | |
Money | 126 | |
Movies | 127 | |
Music | 128 | |
N131 | ||
Neighborhood Flyer | 131 | |
Normal | 133 | |
O135 | ||
Obsessive Behavior | 135 | |
Outings | 136 | |
P141 | ||
Pacing | 141 | |
Pain | 142 | |
Paperwork | 143 | |
Personal Space | 144 | |
Pets | 147 | |
Pills | 148 | |
Privacy | 149 | |
Projects | 150 | |
Q156 | ||
Questions | 156 | |
R158 | ||
Reactions | 158 | |
Reading | 160 | |
Reality | 161 | |
Recording Memories | 163 | |
Repetitions | 163 | |
Respite | 164 | |
Restaurants | 166 | |
Routines | 167 | |
S169 | ||
Safe Return | 169 | |
Sexuality | 169 | |
Share Care | 172 | |
Signs | 173 | |
Singing | 175 | |
Stress | 175 | |
Sundowning | 176 | |
Support Groups | 177 | |
T179 | ||
Telephone | 179 | |
Television | 181 | |
Transitions | 181 | |
U184 | ||
Undressing | 184 | |
V186 | ||
Validation | 186 | |
Videos | 187 | |
Visitors | 189 | |
Vitamins | 190 | |
W192 | ||
Walking | 192 | |
Wandering | 193 | |
Word Games | 195 | |
Word Substitutions | 197 | |
X199 | ||
X-Ray | 199 | |
Y200 | ||
Z201 | ||
Zany | 201 | |
Zippers | 202 | |
Zoos | 202 | |
Yeast Infections | 200 | |
Resources | 205 | |
References | 211 |