Caregiver's Guide to Memory Care and Dementia Communities

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This practical guide provides general caregiving tips and helps you decide when and how to transition your loved one to a dementia care community.Caring for someone with dementia is challenging, especially when it comes time to think about other living arrangements. What do you need to know about dementia, including its different stages? What do you do if the person you're caring for seems to have trouble recognizing you? When is it time to move a person living with dementia into a senior living community? And how can you maintain your relationship with your loved one when you are living apart?Gerontologist and dementia care consultant Rachael Wonderlin has written a compassionate book to help friends and family members of those living with dementia answer these tough questions—and more. In practical, down-to-earth language, The Caregiver's Guide to Memory Care and Dementia Communities walks the reader through key points about dementia care, including • common terminology used by health care workers• strategies for taking care of your loved one• advice for when and how to transition to a dementia care community• understanding how dementia care communities are structured and what to keep in mind when evaluating them• how to help your loved one receive the best possible care while they're living apart• recommendations for handling obstacles involving communication and behavioral issues • information on technology, hospice care, programming and activities, and at-home safetyA dedicated section called "Putting It into Practice" in each chapter helps you apply the principles to your own experience, while worksheets present you with questions to consider as part of the caregiving and assessment process.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-01
Mått:156 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
Medarbetare:Michelle Tristani
ISBN:9781421444321

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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