The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers Frena Gray-Davidson 3rd Edition PB VG!

Description: The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers Frena Gray-Davidson 3rd Edition PB Best Offers Considered !! // Very Good Condition // FreeShip in the USA!!! US Seller - Packed Carefully & Ships *with Tracking* within 1 Day After Order. The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers Frena Gray-Davidson 3rd Edition PBIA must read for all who are on the Alzheimers journey.Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2013This is a wonderful book that gives you the tools to cope with a loved one who is experiencing Alzheimer's. My father is in that position and we as a family were struggling with the changes in my dads personality. Instead of mourning the man who was we now just love the man he is.This book is an excellent tool and a must read for anyone who is on the Alzheimer's journey.Love overcomes much. FROM THE BACK COVER: "[The Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers] is uniquely able to help you understand what is happening to the person with Alzheimer's and helps you learn the essentials of caregiving."—Alzheimer's Association, Mid-Willamette chapter"Written in a simple no-nonsense style, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read. For the caregiver it literally could be a life-saver!"—The Sunday Oregonian"A treasury of inspiration and common sense."—Clive Evers, Director of Information and Education,Alzheimer's Disease SocietyThe Alzheimer's Sourcebook for Caregivers is the only fact-based, hands-on, caregiving guide written by an in-home Alzheimer's caregiver. This unique book helps you work through the personal issues surrounding caregiving, including:• how to recognize and manage stress• how to deal with difficult behaviors• how to find outside help when necessary• how to nurture your own well-beingUsing her own experiences and those of hundreds of other home caregivers, Frena Gray-Davidson teaches you how to be protective, concerned, and nurturing while still accepting and growing in your new role. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frena Gray-Davidson is the director of SHACTI (Self-Help Alzheimer's Caregiver's Training and Information). Facts-based, hands-on guide for those caring for in-home Alzheimer's patients. Discusses how to deal with stress and difficult behaviors, how to find outside help, and how to nurture your own well-being. For consumers. Softcover. Frena Gray-Davidson, British born, American by choice. Born and raised in England of Scottish parentage.Worked as journalist in Asia for 15 years, was NBC Radio Correspondent for Nepal and BBC stringer in HK. In HK, Frena studied acupuncture and Chinese medicine with Chinese healer Dr But Chak-kei and tai chi with Martial Arts Master Ha kwok-cheung. She wrote several books on Chinese healing and culture, including "Harmony Rules" and "The Book of Chinese Beliefs", reprinted as "Rough Tao". She also wrote guidebooks to Hong Kong, Thailand and Sri Lanka. She accidentally became involved in Alzheimer's care soon after her US arrival in 1986 and is now regarded as an international expert in dementia behaviors and communication with people with Alzheimer's dementia. She is a certified Activity Director and founded a day care program under the National Model Alzheimer's Day Care Program in 1993, She has been an Ombudsman for Longterm Care and was owner/manager of two small care homes. Her unique approach is called "Brilliant and inspirational," by the Alzheimer Disease Society of England and she gives memory care staff training and direct care staff training and family caregiver seminars for organizations all over the world. Her writings on Alzheimer's and dementia come directly from her 20 years of hands-on work as a caregiver. She teaches the reality of dementia and the art and psychology of understanding what is not lost. Good communication skills evoke the heart and spirit of the person inside dementia. She considers that we have as a society too long abandoned the person within dementia. In concentrating largely on the cure, she feels that both caregivers and those with dementia have been left to struggle alone. This has also given rise to a terrible societal judgment on those with dementia -- that they are empty, gone away, brain-ruined and therefore valueless. Frena's experience of caregiving is that nothing could be further from the truth, that true communication is always possible with the person with dementia but that caregivers have to be willing to learn how to achieve that. "The heart is always within, the spirit is always present and the soul is always yearning for the love, acceptance and respect of those who care for them." She feels that the key to solving issues of difficult behaviors in those with dementia and grief in caregivers is largely the same. It is not hard for those who care for people with dementia to learn how to reach that person within. But the willingness to try to do so can sometimes come hard. "The irony is that overwhelmed caregivers dealing with challenging behaviors don't understand that they themselves may well be the problem. It doesn't have to be that way. Inviting people to change themselves is the heart of my work." REVIEW 10 out of 10!!! praise for frena gray-davidsonReviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011This is a comforting book to read on Alzheimer's disease. I am the sole caregiver for my 80 year old husband who is in the moderate to severe stages of AD. The book offers insights as to why Alzheimer's behaviors may happen, what may really be going on with the AD patient at the time of the behaviors and offers suggestions for how you can deal with them. The book is written in a matter of fact way and I took comfort from knowing that these difficult situations are normal with AD patients and my outlook towards them has changed. I learned of many options for care in the future for my husband and the book offers many sources of information for any questions you have have on the disease. I have read 17 books on Alzheimer's disease and this book is my favorite so far. I also liked the 36 Hour Day very well. Publisher‎McGraw-Hill; 3rd edition (August 1, 1999)Language‎EnglishPaperback‎288 pagesISBN-10‎0737301317 B0044KVDJ4 B01FEL08GKISBN-13‎9780737301311Item Weight‎14.4 ouncesDimensions‎5.9 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches

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MPN: 0737301317 B0044KVDJ4 B01FEL08GK

Format: Trade Paperback

Item Width: 5.9 in

Series: Sourcebooks Ser.

Date of Publication: 1999-09-16

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

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Item Length: 8.9 in

Item Height: 0.8 in

Subject: Référence, General, Caregiving, Diseases / Alzheimer's & Dementia

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States