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Cracking the Dementia Code: Creative Solutions to Cope with Changed Behaviours
A New Creative Non-Drug Approach to Coping with Dementia As exciting discoveries continue for Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias, hope for a cure remains. In the meantime, day to day challenges continue for many families and caregivers. Karen Tyrell offers her expertise to provide new insights on how to manage disruptive behaviours associated with dementia such as anxiety, aggression, and wandering. Her book delivers tools and case studies that support and demonstrate helpful approaches to dementia care. One chapter is dedicated to tips on how to Care for the Caregiver. Another chapter offers suggestions on How to Maintain a Healthy Brain. With clarity, Tyrell offers coherent strategies that show caregivers how they can crack the code to reduced stress while integrating effective solutions into their daily routine. As the CEO of Personalized Dementia Solutions Inc., Karen shares her expertise through speaking engagements and dementia workshops for both families and frontline staff. She also facilitates family caregiver support groups and works one-on-one with caregivers to provide emotional support and practical creative non-pharmacological solutions to help alleviate everyday challenges associated with dementia. She is also the co-creator of the " Dementia Caregiver Solutions " iOS App (released in 2015) which has helped hundreds of caregivers to better care for individuals exhibiting common dementia behaviours.
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2013
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July 18, 2015
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It is very difficult to accept that the loved one you once knew, now standing before you as a curious conglomerate of familiar and unfamiliar personalities, is gone. This book is a great help in accepting the 'new' person and honouring the whole person you knew then and are learning to know now. Even more, it is reassuring to know you are not alone; it is okay that these sometimes aggravating and frightening changes are part of a condition that can be managed but not necessarily controlled. And then you understand how important it is to take care of yourself, to stay connected with other positive relationships in your life and to secure any available support for you and your loved one.
It is very difficult to accept that the loved one you once knew, now standing before you as a curious conglomerate of familiar and unfamiliar personalities, is gone. This book is a great help in accepting the 'new' person and honouring the whole person you knew then and are learning to know now. Even more, it is reassuring to know you are not alone; it is okay that these sometimes aggravating and frightening changes are part of a condition that can be managed but not necessarily controlled. And then you understand how important it is to take care of yourself, to stay connected with other positive relationships in your life and to secure any available support for you and your loved one.
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