Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eating and drinking as part of person-centred dementia care.
'The vital guide to old-age care NO family can afford to ignore' Mail on Sunday'Designed to lead carers through the emotional minefield of attempting to look after family and loved ones, primarily at home but also in care homes' The Sunday Times ScotlandWhether due to old age, illness or disability, more and more of us are becoming carers to loved ones.
Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings.
Through the inspirational, wise, and informative stories of the residents, either in their own words or based on interviews, and environmental photographs of each, this book focuses on various residents of long-term care facilities and especially on the positive facets of their life, their thoughts, and their feelings.
In the 1980s, as the proportion of elderly people in the population grew steadily larger, the task of looking after them would fall increasingly on one group - daughters.
When Kyle left her marketing position at one of Philadelphia's iconic media outlets to start her own consulting business, she thought she was finally in complete control of her life.
While slowly finding out how family members were stealing from their mother as she sinks lower and lower into the state of dementia, the author deals with his morals and personal demons in his questionable ways of finding and sorting out the truth of what they are doing.
A practical resource for dealing with family matters upon death, this first-of-its-kind publication from the American Bar Association and AARP - the nation's leading associations in the law and the advancement of issues that matter most to people 50+ and their families - helps answer the myriad of questions surrounding what needs to be done following a loved one's passing.
Gold Winner, 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards, Family & Relationships CategoryA practical, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the legal, financial, emotional and daily living challenges of caring for aging parents while raising your own family.
Das Buch befasst sich mit dem ressourcenorientierten Pflegekonzept der Aktivierend-therapeutischen Pflege, das geriatrische Patientinnen und Patienten bei ihrer Alltags- und Lebensgestaltung unterstützt.
The First Comprehensive Guide for Dealing with Dementia's Effect on Sex, Intimacy, and RelationshipsIt is common for a person with dementia to exhibit inappropriate and uncharacteristic sexual behavior, including promiscuity, verbal abuse, aggression, grabbing, exhibitionism, and jealous paranoia.
Gold Winner, 2013 Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards, Family & Relationships CategoryA practical, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the legal, financial, emotional and daily living challenges of caring for aging parents while raising your own family.
Written in plain English with a touch of humor (the best medicine) Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is a medical crisis handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers alike.
At Wit's End: Plain Talk on Alzheimer's for Families and Clinicians, now in its Second Edition, is a straightforward summary of leading advice for understanding and caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, written without technical jargon and impractical nuance.
First published in 1976, Caring for Elderly People rapidly established itself as a standard guide for anyone dealing on a day-to-day basis with the elderly.
Written in plain English with a touch of humor (the best medicine) Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is a medical crisis handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers alike.
It is estimated that five out of ten people turning 67 will use a nursing home at some point in their lives and many will need home care and other related services as well About two-thirds of people in nursing homes have no living relatives.
Taking Care of Mother: An Age of Transition is an everyday guide to being a caregiver to an elderly person, and in this case, it is the authors mother.
In this book we wanted to identify trajectories of health and their associations with lifestyle factors in a national representative cohort study of older Mexicans.
