A Loving Approach to Dementia Care
eBook - ePub

A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving

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eBook - ePub

A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving

About this book

An encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers.

Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia—despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally as the Dementia Whisperer, offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss.

In this thoroughly revised third edition, Wayman includes

• answers to common caregiver questions, such as "What is dementia?"
• a detailed explanation of how to cope with and care for a spouse with dementia symptoms, including advice about communication
• a new chapter on caring for someone who has dementia along with other health problems
• recommendations about how to handle challenging situations and behaviors
• dementia-aware activities that work for both family caregivers and professional care staff
• fresh caregiving insights that emphasize the importance of taking time to care for oneself

Each chapter contains two sections—"Lessons Learned" and "Perceptions and Approaches"—which provide details about how readers can apply lessons from the stories Wayman tells to their own caregiving practice. Providing support for the numerous difficulties and disruptions that all caregivers face along the way, A Loving Approach to Dementia Care is an empathetic guide filled with respect, calm, and creativity. It will leave readers feeling empowered and inspired.

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Information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781421440071
Edition
3
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Thanks and Appreciation
  6. 1. Introduction: Navigating the Journey
  7. 2. Peggy: The Ultimate Toll
  8. 3. Deborah: A Daughter’s Journey
  9. 4. Charles: There Is Nothing Wrong with Me
  10. 5. Frances: What Is Dementia?
  11. 6. Jill: Into the Dementia Wonderland
  12. 7. Natalie: Much More than Words
  13. 8. Vada: Past, Present, and Future
  14. 9. Joe: Communicating the Gift of Value
  15. 10. Lucy and Betty: Thinking Outside the Box
  16. 11. Edna: You’re Just Imagining Things
  17. 12. Margie: If You Keep Doing What You Are Doing …
  18. 13. Harry: It’s Bath Night!
  19. 14. Rose, Edith, and Samuel: One Size Does Not Fit All
  20. 15. Susan: Dealing with Disruption
  21. 16. Grace: Moving beyond Guilt
  22. 17. Virginia: Laughter Is Therapeutic
  23. 18. Maria and Andreas: In Sickness and in Health
  24. 19. Beatrice and Henry: The Power of Gratitude
  25. 20. Sean: The Puzzling Pieces of Grief
  26. 21. Lessons, Perceptions, and Approaches: A Reader’s Guide
  27. The Dementia-Aware Guide to Caregiving
  28. References
  29. About the Authors
  30. Index