Help! What Do I Do Now? Caring for Your Loved One with Alzheimer's
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004EHZTWE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 119 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Nancy Nicholson traveled a circuitous route to her present position as a licensed social worker. She watched her father deteriorate from a highly intelligent, strong, and independent man to a body lying in a nursing home bed, not recognizing anyone and unable to control his bodily functions. For the past seven years, she has worked for a chain of nursing homes, first as a social worker in a facility and currently as a social services consultan
Winner of the Family/Parenting - Nonfiction category of the Global eBook Awards.You have become the caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. You want to give your loved one the best care possible, but you don’t know how to deal with the new and sometimes bizarre behaviors.If you see yourself in the description above, this guide is just what you need. You’re relieved to know the reason for the changes, but you’re overwhelmed with the responsibility of caregiving. You can read it from cover to cover in an hour or so and find simple, efficient, practical tips to help you with everything from activities of daily living to laughter and enjoyable activities. Keep it handy to refer to specific sections as your loved one’s disease progresses and you face new situations. You may have been dreading this for some time, or you may have been surprised when this responsibility was thrust upon you. Your loved one has exhibited short-term memory loss and behavioral changes. Maybe you know you are among 11 million family caregivers caring for 5 million Alzheimer’s patients in the United States, but those numbers don’t make you feel any less alone.Perhaps you don’t know anything about the disease, but most likely, you know just enough to realize that you are facing new and difficult challenges. Learn how to care for your lo
She watched her father deteriorate from a highly intelligent, strong, and independent man to a body lying in a nursing home bed, not recognizing anyone and unable to control his bodily functions. What she saw made such an impact on her that she decided to return to college and devote her life to caring for the elderly, particularly patients with dementia. She also saw the toll the disease took on her mother, the primary caregiver, and the other family caregivers. When her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she became one of several family caregivers. She dropped out of college to go to work and spent years in a variety of careers, including nurse’s aide, career counselor, and operations manager of an interior landscape company. She graduated from Texas A&M International University with the degree Bachelor o