Dementia Care

For the millions thrust into the unexpected role of dementia caregiver, this comprehensive guide offers essential support and practical solutions. Whether caring for aging parents, a spouse, or another loved one, you'll find the tools needed to navigate this challenging journey.

There is a lot of information available on how to care for a person with dementia. However, there is another person needing care: the caregiver. Statistics show that 40% of caregivers of dementia patients die of stress related disorders before their caree does. Dr. Garmon interviewed 42 caregivers of people with dementia for her book "I Am Not Alone: Conversations with Care Partners of People with Dementia" and has been caring for her husband with ALS and FTD (frontotemporal degeneration) since he was diagnosed in 2016. Through her personal experience and the writing of her first book, she ...

Struggling with the demands of caring for a loved one with dementia? Overwhelmed by the challenges and unsure where to turn? This 2-in-1 audiobook bundle is your ultimate guide. Get the best value with this comprehensive resource, designed to support you every step of the way.

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

Are you overwhelmed by the emotional demands of caregiving and searching for practical guidance? Do you struggle with understanding dementia's progression and wish you had clear answers? Want to care for your own well-being without feeling guilty? If these questions resonate with you, you're not alone. As a caregiver of a loved one with dementia, you face unique challenges that can feel isolating and all-consuming. But gaining the skills to manage these challenges can transform your caregiving journey.

Dementia: The Caregiver’s Survival Guide A compassionate, practical, and empowering roadmap for every caregiver navigating the challenges of dementia. Dementia doesn't just affect one person—it transforms the lives of everyone involved. If you're caring for a loved one with dementia, you're not alone—and this book is here to guide, support, and uplift you every step of the way. Dementia: The Caregiver’s Survival Guide is a powerful and essential resource that embraces the emotional, practical, and financial realities of caregiving. With a holistic and heart-centered approach, it ...

Written by a pharmacist and caregiver with over a decade of experience in the field, this book contains all the vital information and insights she has gathered through the years, which will provide you with expert guidance, and inspiration, and will prove to be a powerful source of hope, throughout your journey. Care for your loved one confidently, lovingly, and effectively without the overwhelm.

When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, the world can feel like it's tilting on its axis. Fear, confusion, and heartache become constant companions as you grapple with the challenges of caregiving and the profound changes in your relationship. But amidst the storm, there is hope, resilience, and a path toward acceptance that can lead to a more meaningful and fulfilling journey. In this deeply personal and empowering book, a caregiver shares their experience of navigating the complexities of dementia. With warmth, compassion, and practical wisdom, they guide you through the emotional ...

There are an estimated 6.5 million people in the US who suffer from dementia—a statistic that is only anticipated to increase as time goes on. As their condition worsens, patients become increasingly unable to care for themselves and have to rely on someone else, usually a loved one, to look after them.

Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin - a gerontologist, dementia care expert, and popular dementia care blogger - helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions, and anxieties that both they and their loved one may experience.

Tabitha Knicely is overwhelmed with sorrow and exhaustion caring for her beloved great-aunt, whose dementia is getting worse. When her neighbor Marcus Whittington accuses Tabitha of elder neglect, he doesn't realize how his threats to have Aunt Tweet taken away add to Tabitha's pain. Then Marcus gets to know the exuberant elderly lady and sees up close how hard Tabitha is fighting to keep everything together. Tabitha finds herself leaning on Marcus more and more. And he's becoming more than happy to share her burdens.

Your loved one’s Dementia impairs her ability to think, reason, and remember. Patients no longer recognize reality and often engage in difficult, irrational, and sometimes dangerous behavior.

Someone in the world develops dementia every 3 seconds! Even in my own professional career as an RN working full time for 45 years, it was a huge education for me when my own mother was diagnosed with Vascular dementia. I am sharing what I have learned in hopes of helping others. Why knowledge is power Discover what Alzheimer's and other dementias are Secrets of diagnosis and roles of healthcare team Recognize stages of dementia and disease process Safety safeguards and proactive efforts Financial concerns and support connections Secrets to improve quality of life Latest treatments ...

“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 ...

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?

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the financial, legal, and technological complexities of dementia caregiving? You're not alone. Millions of families struggle to balance the emotional and practical demands of caring for a loved one with dementia. "Compassionate Care: A Practical Handbook for Dementia Caregiving" is your essential guide to navigating this challenging journey with confidence and peace of mind. This comprehensive resource provides expert advice, practical strategies, and compassionate support to help you: Secure your loved one's financial future: Discover key resources, ...

The Compassionate Guide for Dementia Caregivers is your essential roadmap to navigating the challenges of dementia care with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Whether you're a family caregiver or a professional, this guide provides practical strategies to ease daily struggles, strengthen communication, and protect your well-being.

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.

After fighting through the medical system and depleting her parents' life savings and much of her own, Marcell solved her eldercare nightmare medically, behaviorally, legally, financially, and emotionally-and shows you how you can too. Elder Rage answers difficult questions such as how to get obstinate elders to: discuss long-term care options, accept cleaning and caregiving help, see different doctors, and and teaches you how to manage stressand grief.

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 ...