About this ebook
For individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, completing these basic daily tasks can be a difficult, frustrating process. For caregivers, knowing when and how to help your loved one complete these activities in a way that supports both their health and their independence is a struggle.
This book discusses activities of daily living that commonly present difficulties for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. It also offers information about identifying your loved one’s specific struggles and working through those challenges with them. The simple checklists in this book will help you learn how to:
· Assess your loved ones' need for help bathing and dressing and provide that help tactfully.
· Handle incontinence issues in a hygienic way that preserves your loved one’s dignity.
· Communicate with your loved one in the early, middle, and late stages of the disease.
· Provide assistance with cooking, housekeeping, and other key tasks.
· Cope with behavioral changes like aggression and depression as the disease progresses.
Through a combination of checklists and practical advice, this books helps you provide safe, encouraging care for your loved one while coping with the stress that accompanies caregiving.
Every day is different when you live with Alzheimer’s disease. Start learning how to make those days better for everyone.
Discover more
Ratings and reviews
About the author
Laura Town is an experienced author and editor who has contributed to many books for the academic, professional, and lay populations. Laura has written on a variety of topics of special interest to the aging population. She has expertise in the field of finance, and she has contributed to several online nursing courses and texts. Her work has been published by John Wiley and Sons and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and she has also written for the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). As an editor, Laura has worked with Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, John Wiley and Sons, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Laura is the founder and president of WilliamsTown Communications, a company that creates educational courses and texts for publishers, universities, and non-profits. She is also the past president of the Indiana chapter of AMWA.
Karen Hoffman received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neurosciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, where she was the recipient of an American Heart Association fellowship and several regional and national awards for her research on G protein-coupled receptor signaling in airways. She then pursued post-doctoral research projects at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Kansas Medical Center, again receiving fellowships from the PhRMA Foundation and the American Heart Association, respectively. She has published research in the American Journal of Pathology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In 2012, Karen joined the editorial staff at WilliamsTown Communications, an editing firm that specializes in educational products for undergraduate- and graduate-level students. At WTC, Karen specializes in producing educational products related to the sciences and healthcare. In addition, Karen is board-certified for editing life sciences (BELS-certified).
Rachael Mann is a writer and editor with WilliamsTown Communications and specializes in creating educational materials. Her primary focus is on scientific and business topics. Since coming to WilliamsTown, Rachael has edited and developed materials for Pearson Education, John Wiley and Sons, and Nature Education, among others. She is the past secretary of the Indiana chapter of the American Medical Writers Association.
