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"A true Godsend to anyone caring for those afflicted with dementia." -- Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, author of DECODING DARKNESS

While practical suggestions for caring for Alzheimer's patients make up the bulk of this book, ideas for communication techniques, daily routines, and legal and financial matters are also covered.

Based on its author's four-year study and 15 years of experience in Alzheimer's and dementia-related care.

A Dignified Life helps combat the burnout and frustration that often accompany the task of caring for an Alzheimer's patient.

Alterra (a pseudonym) is a novelist whose fiction-writing skills make this book on a difficult subject readable and effective. He and his wife, Stella, were in their mid-eighties when the book was written. At that time, she had noticeably had Alzheimer's for five years. In describing their lives, he is intimate but never maudlin. Other companions of Alzheimer's patients will recognize many of the events, feelings, and problems he depicts.

Designed primarily for academic audiences, this book offers a Christian understanding of and a response to the difficult theological, pastoral, and spiritual problems raised by Alzheimer's disease. The text examines the problems of Alzheimer's disease from the perspectives of the theologian, the patient, and the caregiver.

Updated with the newest information on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, thisbestselling book has remained the "bible" for families who are giving care to afflicted loved ones.

Gruetzner's acclaimed book for families, friends, and health-care professionals caring for Alzheimer's patients now incorporates the latest developments in the disease and explores new treatment and care options. Updated and revised throughout, the book takes a sensitive, in-depth look at the everyday realities of caring for and coping with patients at every stage of the disease. 8 line illustrations.

Written for people who have Alzheimer's Disease, this book helps patients make adjustments and overcome frustrations, while never denying the problems. Using a question and answer format, the information is delivered in a clea, useful style.

To care for a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease is emotionally and physically draining. This highly-praised book, which grew from a therapist's work with caregivers, explains how caregivers can better communicate with patients and care for their own health. Includes up-to-date advice on nursing homes, health plans, and patient-choice laws.

This excellent manual provides practical and innovative strategies, interventions and guidelines for professional or family caregivers. It is a wholistic approach promoting the remaining cognitive, physical and spiritual abilities, modifying taks to facilitate success.

A truly comprehensive guide for caregivers, this book deals with the issue of caring for people with Alzheimer's from practical, emotional and spiritual perspectives. It will teach you how to be a healthy caregiver and companion. It provides factual information about the disease and its symptoms, along with practical advice on how to cope with daily struggles. The book includes chapters on family dynamics and how to care for yourself, as well as a listing of support resources.

Courage to Care helps ease the burden of those who have accepted this labor of love by providing them with knowledge and coping strategies to make it through each stage of this progressive and complicated disease.