Dementia With Dignity

Alzheimer’s home care is possible! Dementia with Dignity explains the groundbreaking new approach: the DAWN Method®, designed so families and caregivers can provide home care. It outlines practical tools and techniques to help your loved one feel happier and more comfortable so that you can postpone the expense of long-term care. In this book you’ll learn: •The basic facts about Alzheimer’s and dementia, plus the skills lost and those not lost; •How to recognize and respond to the emotions caused by Alzheimer’s or dementia, and avoid dementia-related behaviors; •Tools for working with an impaired person’s moods and changing sense of reality; •Home care techniques for dealing with hygiene, safety, nutrition and exercise issues; •A greater understanding and appreciation of what someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia is experiencing, and how your home care can increase home their emotional wellbeing.