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Alzheimer's Disease - Music Activities for Caregivers - How to Integrate Movement Therapy and Touch Therapy to Ease the Disease - An Elderly Care Professional's Guide
This is the only book written for caregivers and professionals about Alzheimer’s disease that explains how caregivers can implement the therapeutic interventions of music, movement and touch to significantly improve behavior, decrease depression and improve quality of life.
Kathleen Downey writes poignantly about the emotional, heartwarming experiences of thousands of men and women that she has touched with her compassionate approach to dementia care. These simple, therapeutic interventions will assist you, the caregiver, in providing meaningful experiences for people with Alzheimer’s disease. This book will give you inspiration, encouragement and insight.
The non-pharmacological, cost effective, no side effect remedies of music, movement and touch that Kathleen has been successfully using since 2001, can be experienced immediately. Follow her psycho-social approach and you’ll be using the valuable tools she suggests with successful results. She advocates the need for human connection, compassion and being present with memory impaired people to enhance their well being.
The inspiring stories and informative facts in this dementia care guide will give the answers to your questions, “What can I do to decrease wandering and agitation?”, “How can I reduce the stress and frustration in my own life?” and “How can I encourage them to engage in their passions once again so that they can experience real quality of life?”
This book is timely and essential. A must read for caregivers, professionals, and family members who want to enhance their own well being and those in their care.
Kathleen Downey writes poignantly about the emotional, heartwarming experiences of thousands of men and women that she has touched with her compassionate approach to dementia care. These simple, therapeutic interventions will assist you, the caregiver, in providing meaningful experiences for people with Alzheimer’s disease. This book will give you inspiration, encouragement and insight.
The non-pharmacological, cost effective, no side effect remedies of music, movement and touch that Kathleen has been successfully using since 2001, can be experienced immediately. Follow her psycho-social approach and you’ll be using the valuable tools she suggests with successful results. She advocates the need for human connection, compassion and being present with memory impaired people to enhance their well being.
The inspiring stories and informative facts in this dementia care guide will give the answers to your questions, “What can I do to decrease wandering and agitation?”, “How can I reduce the stress and frustration in my own life?” and “How can I encourage them to engage in their passions once again so that they can experience real quality of life?”
This book is timely and essential. A must read for caregivers, professionals, and family members who want to enhance their own well being and those in their care.
56 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 21, 2013
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