Gerontologist Rachael Wonderlin (PITTSBURGH, PA) is an internationally recognized dementia care consultant who owns a senior living consulting company and runs the popular blog and podcast by the same name, Dementia By Day. She is the author of When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community and the coauthor of Creative Engagement: A Handbook of Activities for People with Dementia.

• Foreword, by Michelle TristaniPart I. Defining and Understanding DementiaChapter 1. Why This Book Is Worth ReadingChapter 2. What Is Dementia?Chapter 3. Causes of DementiaChapter 4. Stages of DementiaChapter 5. MedicationsPart II. Communicating with People Living with DementiaChapter 6. Embracing Someone's RealityChapter 7. Why Logic, Quizzing, and Reorientation Don't WorkChapter 8. Yes, and . . . : Improvisation and DementiaChapter 9. Communicating with Someone Experiencing Hallucinations and DelusionsChapter 10. Helping with Timeline ConfusionChapter 11. Personal PreferencesChapter 12. Becoming a Dementia DetectiveChapter 13. AphasiaPart III. Caregiver Stress and Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 14. Caregiving StressChapter 15. Guilt and Taking Things AwayChapter 16. How to Handle Family Dynamics When Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 17. Myths about Care CommunitiesChapter 18. At-Home SafetyChapter 19. When Is It Time to Move Your Loved One?Chapter 20. What Types of Communities Exist?Chapter 21. Cost of CarePart IV. Caregiving in a Care CommunityChapter 22. What to Expect at a Dementia Care CommunityChapter 23. Move-In DayChapter 24. Remember That Caregiving Is an Imperfect ScienceChapter 25. Visiting and Saying GoodbyeChapter 26. Day Trips and OutingsChapter 27. ActivitiesChapter 28. Building a Dementia-Friendly EnvironmentPart V. Changes in CareChapter 29. When Technology Works and When It Doesn't Chapter 30. When It's Time for a Dietary ChangeChapter 31. Friendships and Disagreements among ResidentsChapter 32. Sex and Sexual OrientationChapter 33. When It's Time for HospiceChapter 34. When There's a Hospital TripChapter 35. Final Thoughts and NotesAppendix. Clinical Dementia Rating ScaleIndex

Gerontologist Rachael Wonderlin (PITTSBURGH, PA) is an internationally recognized dementia care consultant who owns a senior living consulting company and runs the popular blog and podcast by the same name, Dementia By Day. She is the author of When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community and the coauthor of Creative Engagement: A Handbook of Activities for People with Dementia.

• Foreword, by Michelle TristaniPart I. Defining and Understanding DementiaChapter 1. Why This Book Is Worth ReadingChapter 2. What Is Dementia?Chapter 3. Causes of DementiaChapter 4. Stages of DementiaChapter 5. MedicationsPart II. Communicating with People Living with DementiaChapter 6. Embracing Someone's RealityChapter 7. Why Logic, Quizzing, and Reorientation Don't WorkChapter 8. Yes, and . . . : Improvisation and DementiaChapter 9. Communicating with Someone Experiencing Hallucinations and DelusionsChapter 10. Helping with Timeline ConfusionChapter 11. Personal PreferencesChapter 12. Becoming a Dementia DetectiveChapter 13. AphasiaPart III. Caregiver Stress and Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 14. Caregiving StressChapter 15. Guilt and Taking Things AwayChapter 16. How to Handle Family Dynamics When Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 17. Myths about Care CommunitiesChapter 18. At-Home SafetyChapter 19. When Is It Time to Move Your Loved One?Chapter 20. What Types of Communities Exist?Chapter 21. Cost of CarePart IV. Caregiving in a Care CommunityChapter 22. What to Expect at a Dementia Care CommunityChapter 23. Move-In DayChapter 24. Remember That Caregiving Is an Imperfect ScienceChapter 25. Visiting and Saying GoodbyeChapter 26. Day Trips and OutingsChapter 27. ActivitiesChapter 28. Building a Dementia-Friendly EnvironmentPart V. Changes in CareChapter 29. When Technology Works and When It Doesn't Chapter 30. When It's Time for a Dietary ChangeChapter 31. Friendships and Disagreements among ResidentsChapter 32. Sex and Sexual OrientationChapter 33. When It's Time for HospiceChapter 34. When There's a Hospital TripChapter 35. Final Thoughts and NotesAppendix. Clinical Dementia Rating ScaleIndex

Gerontologist Rachael Wonderlin (PITTSBURGH, PA) is an internationally recognized dementia care consultant who owns a senior living consulting company and runs the popular blog and podcast by the same name, Dementia By Day. She is the author of When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community and the coauthor of Creative Engagement: A Handbook of Activities for People with Dementia.

• Foreword, by Michelle TristaniPart I. Defining and Understanding DementiaChapter 1. Why This Book Is Worth ReadingChapter 2. What Is Dementia?Chapter 3. Causes of DementiaChapter 4. Stages of DementiaChapter 5. MedicationsPart II. Communicating with People Living with DementiaChapter 6. Embracing Someone's RealityChapter 7. Why Logic, Quizzing, and Reorientation Don't WorkChapter 8. Yes, and . . . : Improvisation and DementiaChapter 9. Communicating with Someone Experiencing Hallucinations and DelusionsChapter 10. Helping with Timeline ConfusionChapter 11. Personal PreferencesChapter 12. Becoming a Dementia DetectiveChapter 13. AphasiaPart III. Caregiver Stress and Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 14. Caregiving StressChapter 15. Guilt and Taking Things AwayChapter 16. How to Handle Family Dynamics When Choosing a Care CommunityChapter 17. Myths about Care CommunitiesChapter 18. At-Home SafetyChapter 19. When Is It Time to Move Your Loved One?Chapter 20. What Types of Communities Exist?Chapter 21. Cost of CarePart IV. Caregiving in a Care CommunityChapter 22. What to Expect at a Dementia Care CommunityChapter 23. Move-In DayChapter 24. Remember That Caregiving Is an Imperfect ScienceChapter 25. Visiting and Saying GoodbyeChapter 26. Day Trips and OutingsChapter 27. ActivitiesChapter 28. Building a Dementia-Friendly EnvironmentPart V. Changes in CareChapter 29. When Technology Works and When It Doesn't Chapter 30. When It's Time for a Dietary ChangeChapter 31. Friendships and Disagreements among ResidentsChapter 32. Sex and Sexual OrientationChapter 33. When It's Time for HospiceChapter 34. When There's a Hospital TripChapter 35. Final Thoughts and NotesAppendix. Clinical Dementia Rating ScaleIndex