"A
Common Sense Guide to Alzheimer's Care Kisses for Elizabeth is
written for both family and professional caregivers of people with
Alzheimer's disease and other dementia’s. It is a practical
resource for anyone experiencing difficulty with significant
behavioral issues but is also helpful to caregivers who simply want
to provide the best possible care.
The
author has developed 15 common sense guidelines which address a wide
variety of concerns by helping caregivers to solve problems or even
prevent them. The guidelines also address negative behaviors such as
wandering, combativeness, paranoia and sundowning. The book explains
what dementia is, how it affects people who suffer from it and why
these behaviors occur.
Stephanie
D Zeman MSN RN has included over 40 true heartwarming stories about
her patients with dementia and ways in which the guidelines were
applied to help resolve their problems and enhance the individuals
quality of life
Since
one of the best ways to learn is by example, Stephanie D Zeman MSN RN
has included over 40 true heartwarming stories about her patients
with dementia and ways in which the guidelines were applied to help
resolve their problems and enhance the individuals quality of life."
FYI ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Stephanie
is one of my on-line friends.
We are both active on
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx
Stephanie
on abuse: READ TODAY
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx?tid=2147495522&g=posts&t=2147495517
Another
excellent book I quote from often:
Jolene
Brackey "Creating Moments of Joy" Perdue University Press.
Stephanie
offerred this list, his information and all links are active
8/20/2013
This
is a list of links about information you will need. Most helpful for
you right now will be "Understanding the dementia experience"
which will give you an idea of what your LO is going through; and
"Communication skills" Which will help you to
communicate in ways which will avoid or decrease your LO
negative behaviors.
Understandingthe dementia experience:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/210580
Anosognosiaexplains why dementia patients are unaware of their problem
http://alzonline.phhp.ufl.edu/en/reading/Anosognosia.pdf
Communicationtechniques for dementia caregivers:
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx?g=posts&t=2147497924
Guideto diagnosing and treating dementia: What your doctor should do:http://dementia.americangeriatrics.org/
Bathingand Showering
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx?g=posts&t=2147491802
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=138
http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aging/uti.php
Pickingat skin/scabs: http://www.alzcompend.info/?p=233
http://prc.coh.org/PainNOA/Abbey_Tool.pdf
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx?g=posts&t=2147489263
Caregiverkitchen http://caregiver.com/kitchen/index.htm
