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Featured Australian Dementia Titles |  Engaging activities : a 'how to' manual on providing enjoyable experiences for people living with dementia by Kaldor, Lauretta
This is a practical book on ways to encourage people living with dementia in meaningful leisure and is the result of years of collecting and trying out ideas. The book includes general guidelines as well as some practical activities for people in different stages of dementia. This book contains prepared programs to be used as a basis for providing quality activities at a day centre or residential facility. All activities are easily adapted by staff or family who care for the person with dementia at home.
Lauretta Kaldor is a diversional therapist who has been writing manuals for leisure staff working in aged care for the last twelve years. Her manuals contain ideas on craft, reminiscing programs and games and also provide a practical guide to planning and documenting suitable leisure activities for clients in residential and day care facilities.
Lauretta works as an in-house consultant and trainer to recreation staff in aged care and has had more than twenty years of work experience with older people, she is also currently involved in providing activities for clients with early memory loss through Alzheimer's Australia NSW.
|  A Plan of Care by Meller, Anne; Graham, Sara; Hindmarsh, Elizabeth;
A Plan of Care is a book that explains in clear language how to make health and personal care decisions for a person who has dementia and has lost the capacity to make their own decisions. It contains several life stories that illustrate how difficult it can be to make decisions for another person whose wishes and values we want to respect.
The book highlights the importance of planning ahead and contains a four page Plan of Care form that you can complete. The book is written for use in New South Wales and is relevant for people who have the task of making decisions for a person with dementia
A Plan of Care is written for family members and friends who have to make decisions about the medical and personal care of people who are no longer able to make their own decisions because they have dementia.
Making these kinds of decisions can be a difficult and emotionally challenging task because we all want to do “the right thing” for the person. This book tries to make the process of “substitute decision making” easier by explaining what is involved in making decisions when the person has lost capacity.
|  Looking for Lionel: Coping with Dementia by Sharon Snir
A warm, insightful memoir about how dementia entered Sharon Snir's family and left them struggling with fear and sorrow. As Sharon shares her inspirational story, she invites you into her world of laughter and tears. Written for family and friends of those with the disease, it helps readers find the joys of relating in the here and now.
|  Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Teddy Bear by Gunilla Denton Cook and Mary Morris
Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! is a new series of reading activity books intended for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The books start with a short article or story for the participants to read, 2-300 words, followed by 15-20 questions for the facilitator to ask. These questions are formulated to engage the participants in conversation and to encourage personal and meaningful reminiscences to flow.
All the reading pages are in large type, 50 pt, and the text is only on one page per spread in order to help the individual to concentrate on the text and to minimise the constraints of visual impairment. The size of the books are A4 .
Memories recalled from earlier in life are often very therapeutic for people with dementia. They provide opportunities for positive and meaningful engagement with the past. Remembering increases self esteem and a feeling of positive worth as the participants recall personal experiences. c2009
Other titles in series: Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Cake -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Film at the movies -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Money -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Perfume -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Sandwich -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Safety pin -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Scissors -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Soup -- Read a Bit! Talk a Bit! Telephone
|  Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy
At school, Pearl feels as though she is in a group of one. Her teacher wants her to write poems that rhyme but Pearl's poems don't. But when her grandmother passes away, she finds the courage to deliver a poem that defies her teacher's idea of poetry - her poem doesn't rhyme; it comes from the heart.
|  Lost Words by Gunilla Denton-Cook
This adult picture book simplifies communication between caregivers and patients who, for different reasons, have difficulty finding the right words for things.
|  I Wish I Were a Leper by Vince O'Rourke
A record of unconditional love, pain and suffering, hope and despair, anger and elation. The author relates a personal conflict of faith and belief in a God of love and compassion. It speaks clearly to all who care for those suffering long term terminal diseases, especially those allied to dementia.
|  One Day at a Time by Dorothy Webb
What to do when a partner, family member, friend or loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. The carer is suddenly confronted with a situation that is largely without precedent and in a role for which they feel largely untrained. This useful book attempts to show how the mental gaps and decline can be humanely handled.
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Featured Research |  Quality Support Groups Research Project Phase III Report by Brown, Jo-Ann
The Quality Support Groups Research Project provides a comprehensive understanding of quality in a support group and formulates best practice guidelines to enhance the delivery of quality service to carers of people with dementia. This research upholds the mission of Alzheimer's Australia NSW to minimise the impact of dementia through leadership, innovation and partnerships. This is the third and final report into a research project that spanned 5 years that looked at what comprises a quality support group.
Significant findings of the report are: Huge benefits of supports groups for people who attend on a regular basis; The uncelebrated capacity of mutual aid amongst group members to assist each other; The unexpected finding of the profound impact of grief and loss on the health and well-being of a carer of a person with dementia; Some carers reported the grief and loss felt at the time of diagnosis was equal to or even greater than the grief felt when the person with dementia dies.
To receive the discounted Alzheimer's Australia NSW member's price of $16.50, please contact 02 9888 4218 quoting your membership number. On verification of membership, you will be provided with a link to purchase the discounted report.
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