The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease

by Jennifer R. Stelter Narrated by Jennifer R. Stelter

Overview

The only guide to caring for those with advanced Alzheimer disease.



Caring for someone living with advanced Alzheimer disease is a challenge. It can make you feel like you're on a hamster wheel-running in circles, trying the same things over and over with no effect on your loved one. You may also find it difficult to connect with your loved one and to understand what those living with Alzheimer disease are going through. In The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease, Dr. Jennifer Stelter, a psychologist working in memory care, shares a new model designed to help caregivers understand, cope with, and handle some of the most challenging behaviors associated with the disease while encouraging and reinforcing independence and quality of life for their loved ones. Her Dementia Connection Model, which is based on current scientific research, will aid you in forging a positive bond with your loved one with less frustration. Win-win!



Follow along, step by step, as Dr. Stelter outlines the three main elements of the Dementia Connection Model and learn how to put these elements into practice.

Editorial Reviews

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer: Crystal L Plank, RN, BSN, RAC-CTA, IP (University of Missouri)
Description: This book uses a new dementia model to help caregivers put into practice the methods for caring for their loved ones with Alzheimer's. It includes vital elements such as communication, mobility, memory, and behavioral issues in presenting practical interventions to care for loved ones. The book provides examples for each element, a grid to help organize the challenge, interventions, and if the attempt worked or not as well as the outcome.
Purpose: The purpose is to help caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease apply evidence-based criteria in the practical, real world of caregiving. It explores the top challenges in caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. The challenges faced by a caregiver of a loved one with advanced Alzheimer's are unique in nature and, therefore, the interventions will be also. As loved ones live longer with Alzheimer's due to medical advances and the care they receive, there is a great need for caregiver education.
Audience: This book is written with caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's in mind. It presents information in a way in which readers can relate and use the information in daily life. It can also be used by students and practitioners in caring for residents and loved ones with Alzheimer's. It goes into greater depth regarding why loved ones with Alzheimer's experience things differently than other people. It also discusses different symptoms they may experience and when those symptoms occur. The author is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified dementia practitioner. She has collaborated with a gerontologist who is also a dementia care consultant.
Features: The book presents the author's "Dementia Connection Model" and how to use it. It explores the different challenges caregivers need to understand to care for their loved ones. It reviews challenges in activities of daily living, such as eating and toileting, and psychosocial concerns like behaviors, depression, hallucinations, sundowning, and wandering. There is a log after each challenge with examples of how to use it, which is beneficial to the caregiver.
Assessment: This book presents an in-depth look at caring for a loved one with advanced Alzheimer's disease in a practical, real-life way. It addresses the commonplace challenges and interventions to equip caregivers in caring for their loved ones.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176189100
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	12/28/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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