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Buy Now!	Learning to Speak Alzheimer's More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between carepartners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia. Learning to Speak Alzheimer's also offers hundreds of practical tips, including how to - cope with the diagnosis and adjust to the disease's progression - help the patient talk about the illness - face the issue of driving - make meals and bath times as pleasant as possible - adjust room design for the patient's comfort - deal with wandering, paranoia, and aggression By: Joanne Koenig Coste, Robert N Butler Publisher: Mariner Books ISBN: 9780618485178 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $23.95 Online Price: $21.56
Buy Now!	Comforting the Confused How to comfort? How to help? are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt - a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregivers should be encouraged to emphasize non-verbal aspects of their communication throughout their daily care of the demented. Hoffman and Platt provide research-based, practical guidelines for communicating with dementia patients and offer strategies for responding to depression, aggression, wandering, and other behavioral problems. New to the Second edition are chapters addressing: Feeding strategies Falls and Use of Mechanical Restraints Special Care Units and Dying and Grieving. Each chapter features learning objectives, a pretest, a posttest, and learning exercises. The book is a valuable tool for inservice training and a practical resource for professionals. By: Stephanie B. Hoffman & Constance Platt Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc ISBN: 9780826112613 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $89.95 Online Price: $80.96
Buy Now!	Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia This practical book provides simple and imaginative ways to prevent and reduce stress-related behaviours in people with dementia in residential care. The author's approach is based on maximizing personal expression and fulfilment and recovering access to familiar, enjoyable and meaningful activities. He suggests strategies for managing common problems with feeding, bathing, toileting and sleep, looks at how to understand and cope with wandering, agitation and inappropriate sexual activity, and discusses ways of defusing aggressive behaviour. He also explains how to enhance care home environments and staff communication skills, and suggests a variety of helpful activities and therapies. Written in a clear, accessible style, this book will be an invaluable resource for residential care workers and the families and carers of people with dementia. By: Chris Bonner Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9781843103493 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $66.95 Online Price: $60.26
Buy Now!	The Validation Breakthrough Arguing that as the elderly lose contact with the outside world, they turn inward and to the past to work through unresolved emotional issues from their lives, Naomi Feil presents her method for therapeutically dealing with patients with Alzheimer's and other dementias. By: Naomi Feil Publisher: Health Professions Press,U.S. ISBN: 9781878812810 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $60.95 Online Price: $54.86
Buy Now!	Alzheimer's Essentials Alzheimer's Essentials: Practical Skills For Caregivers provides the answers to the multitude of questions and challenges that caregivers grapple with each day. This accessible, comprehensive guide offers sound, practical advice that will reduce the sometimes overwhelming burden of this devastating disease - a must read for every Alzheimer's family. By: Bretten, C Gordeau & Jeffrey, G Hillier Publisher: ISBN: 9780976958109 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $20.95 Online Price: $18.86
Buy Now!	The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities: v. 2 Expand and enrich your Best Friends activity programming with 149 all-new activities for individuals with dementia. Like the first book, this collection of fun and easy activities will add both meaning and enjoyment to the activities at your adult day center, home care setting, or residential care facility.Feedback and insights from individuals with early-stage dementia helped shape this new collection, as well as activity suggestions from national and international dementia programs. As a result, the activities include a new focus on diversity and multiculturalism. Also featured are topics of interest to participants in their 50s and 60s, such as the Internet, advocacy, and community service.Participants, staff, and family members will enjoy fresh ideas for creative art projects, interactive games, and evening activities. New themes to explore in Volume 2 include activities related to the kitchen and food, life story sharing and reminiscence, religious and spiritual traditions, and wellness. Adaptations for people in the early and late stages of Alzheimer's disease, preventive measures to avoid unwanted surprises, and conversation tips make these activities particularly versatile.Use this resource to extend the benefits you already enjoy from Best Friends programming or discover for the first time how this groundbreaking approach can transform activities and daily interactions. By: Virginia Bell, David Troxel, Tonya Cox & others Publisher: Health Professions Press,U.S. ISBN: 9781932529265 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $77.95 Online Price: $70.16
Buy Now!	Dementia There are over one million people in the UK alone suffering from some form of dementia. Cures for dementia are still a long way off, but if diagnosed early enough there are treatments available which delay the onset of the disease and provide a better quality of life. The key to treatment is early diagnosis, and it is here that GPs and family care practitioners need help. This book, written by a neurologist and a psychiatrist in the Q&A format of the series, covers all types of dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease, and will help GPs and other family care practitioners provide early diagnosis and treatment to the millions of patients suffering from dementia. It also includes useful information on services and sources of further help for dementia sufferers and their carers. By: Jeremy M. Brown & Jonathan Hillam Publisher: Elsevier Publishers ISBN: 9780443072666 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $78.95 Online Price: $71.06
Buy Now!	Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and Residential Settings This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines. Packed with photocopiable training exercises, discussion points and questions to prompt care workers to reflect on their style of work, this practical training manual also provides a framework for care work in line with statutory requirements and national training standards. It can be used as a self-training guide by carers, who can work through it at their own pace or under the supervision of a colleague, or by trainers running structured courses on good practice in dementia care. It is also suitable as a quick reference in daily practice. This comprehensive resource will provide useful guidance for all staff working face-to-face with people with dementia, whether in nursing, day-care or residential settings. By: Danny Walsh Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9781843103189 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $62.00 Online Price: $55.80
Buy Now!	Dealing with Dementia The most contemporary book on dementia with a special focus on Alzheimer's disease. Filled with practical advice on drug treatments, complementary therapies and residential or respite care, Dealing With Dementia will be an invaluable tool for anyone worried about their own symptoms or those of a loved one. By: Brian Draper Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781865088532 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $29.95 Online Price: $26.96
Buy Now!	Dementia with Dignity (DVD) Produced in 1993, this 60 minute DVD is recommended for health care workers and as a useful training resource. Part 1 - Continuing a familiar lifestyle (15 min) Part 2 - Making the most of abilities (6 mins) Part 3 - Relating and communicating (17 mins) Part 4 - Strange and disruptive behaviour (22 mins) By: Publisher: Media One ISBN: 977000000003D Format: Unknown Format Retail Price: $120.00 Online Price: $120.00
Buy Now!	Effective Communication with someone with dementia (DVD) Communication is one of the important ways that we achieve tasks, express our needs and stay connected with each other. People who have dementia usually experience a decline in their ability to communicate. This can be frustrating and difficult for everyone involved. In this program, people with dementia and their families and carers show some common communication difficulties. They also demonstrate various techniques or strategies that can help. By adapting these strategies to individual circumstances, effective communication can be maintained throughout all stages of dementia. 21 minutes in length. c2006. By: Alzheimer's Australia Publisher: Alzheimer's Australia ISBN: 977000000013D Format: Other Retail Price: $30.00 Online Price: $30.00
Buy Now!	Jack : quality of life in dementia care Jack cares for the dolls which are real to him. He is now able to give care as well as receive it. It makes him feel worthwhile. Jack's story is about quality of life in dementia care. It's about making a difference and finding the key to lighting a soul. In the film "Jack" health care specialists and family members talk about sensory stimulation through the use of snoezelen and doll therapy to improve the quality of life of a person with dementia. Initially Jack was an agressive and difficult resident, however after the introduction of snozelen sessions and the use of dolls, Jack changed to be a happy and engaged resident. DVD. 15 mins. c2006 By: Publisher: Alzheimer's Australia Tas ISBN: 977000000014D Format: Other Retail Price: $77.00 Online Price: $77.00
Buy Now!	Understanding the brain and behaviour (DVD) Dr Helen Creasey, Geriatrician, Neurologist and Medical Advisor to Alzheimer�s Australia presents a clear and easily understood explanation of the changes that occur in the brain and the impact this may have upon behaviour. 37 mins in length. DVD. c2004. Reduced Price. By: Alzheimer's Australia Publisher: Alzheimer's Australia ISBN: 977000000012D Format: Other Retail Price: $77.00 Online Price: $77.00
Buy Now!	Understanding dementia (DVD) An introductory DVD for those who would like to know more about dementia. 19 mins in length. 2005. This DVD has been updated in 2006 to include the following languages on the one DVD English, Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Vietnamese and in 2008 to include Macedonian, Mandarin, Khmer (Cambodian) and Serbian. By: Alzheimer's Australia Publisher: Alzheimer's Australia ISBN: 977000000010D Format: Other Retail Price: $40.00 Online Price: $40.00
Buy Now!	Comforting the Confused How to comfort? How to help? are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt - a warm smile, gentle touch, and soothing voice tone can help toward improving quality of life. The authors believe caregivers should be encouraged to emphasize non-verbal aspects of their communication throughout their daily care of the demented. Hoffman and Platt provide research-based, practical guidelines for communicating with dementia patients and offer strategies for responding to depression, aggression, wandering, and other behavioral problems. New to the Second edition are chapters addressing: Feeding strategies Falls and Use of Mechanical Restraints Special Care Units and Dying and Grieving. Each chapter features learning objectives, a pretest, a posttest, and learning exercises. The book is a valuable tool for inservice training and a practical resource for professionals. By: Stephanie B. Hoffman & Constance Platt Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc ISBN: 9780826112613 Format: Paperback Book Retail Price: $89.95 Online Price: $80.96