Being a caregiver can be tough. It’s easy to feel guilty when things are happening really fast and you’re new to caregiving.
You see yourself doing so many things wrong and wonder what you can do to do to make things better. This is where reading comes in and ca prove very useful to dealing with patients.
more you know about dementia, the easier it is to deal with it. So in this article, we give you a highlight of some really great books that can help make caregiving easier even fun.
The 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
The 36-Hour Day is a book that can help you in your journey as a caregiver. It is written by Nancy Mace, who has been caring for her father since he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
The 36-Hour Day provides you with practical tips and strategies for managing the day-to-day challenges of helping someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
The book looks at different issues like Devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia, Strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms, Changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws.
Learning To Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease
“A true godsend to anyone caring for those afflicted with dementia.”—Rudolph E. Tanzi, coauthor of Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease.
This book gives a practical guide for patients and caregivers to help understand each other while dealing with the ailment. Joanne Koenig tries to change the way we see and interact with Alzheimers.
Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between care partners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia.
It covers various scenarios on how to deal with the realization of the diagnosis and it’s progression, making the best out of meal times, issues of driving, helping patients to talk about the illness etc.
Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer’s Journey: A Guide for Families and Caregivers
People living with dementia will have more moments than days in their own reality. Since one minute, they are here and the next, it’s something entirely new.
This best seller is Jolene Brackey’s way of creating signs of hope and encouraging when caring for patients/loved ones dealing with dementia. It adds a little bit of humor and creates a really colorful picture that reminds us to always make beautiful moments.
Living in the Moment: A Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Finding Moments of Joy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Written by renowned geriatrician Dr. Elizabeth Landsverk, founder of ElderConsult Geriatric Medicine, This book provides a comprehensive guide for loved ones and caregivers on how to deal with the changing demands of Alzheimers and dementia on a daily basis.
It provides information on how to plan your today and tomorrow, dealing with medications, daily change and how to adapt, support groups, assisted living facilities. etc.
Some other books include:
When Waves Rise: Navigating Difficult Moments Associated with Dementia
Alzheimer’s Through the Stages: A Caregiver’s Guide
Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During, and After
Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief
These books are all meant to help caregivers understand their loved ones better. They’ll help you learn about Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well as how to care for your loved one in the best way possible.
The ones listed above will give you the most bang for your buck. If there are any other books that we missed that you think should be on this list, please let us know in the comments section below!