Day to Day Caregiving for Dementia: A Mayo Clinic Guide for Offering Care and Support

by Angela M. Lunde

Day-to-Day Living With Dementia offers essential caregiving guidance, including practical tips and resources, techniques for working through difficult emotions, and strategies for managing common dementia-related challenges.

Caring for someone with dementia can be a challenging, heartbreaking experience … but it can also be rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful.

Millions of people around the world are living with Alzheimer’s disease and similar disorders. Millions more are in a caring and supportive role. As many as 1 in 4 Baby Boomers provides care for someone living with dementia, and this number is only expected to grow.

Most dementia caregivers find that the first, and sometimes most difficult step, is accepting the diagnosis and adjusting to a new normal. In Day-to-Day Living With Dementia, Angela Lunde, M.A., an expert in dementia care at Mayo Clinic, helps you take that first step and chart your path toward living well, even in the face of dementia. In her 20 years of experience with dementia, Ms. Lunde has made it her mission to improve emotional well-being and quality of life for those living with dementia and their care partners. This book gives you the research-backed strategies Ms. Lunde applies in her work every day.
Day-to-Day Living With Dementia will help
· Acknowledge and work through difficult emotions
· Find helpful resources for practical and emotional support
· Understand what someone with dementia may be thinking and feeling
· Learn techniques for coping with common caregiver challenges
· Find ways to care for yourself

Genres: Nonfiction

137 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 11, 2022

Reviews

[Kate Wyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one of these type of books I’ve read. Concise, informative , thoughtful. Loved the examples of what questions to ask to have conversations with people who have dementia.

[Susan Krutzler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely excellent for anyone dealing with any kind of dementia, caregiving or questions in involvingQ dementia, or how to deal with terminal illness. A wealth of information on how to deal with behaviors and care for yourself all through the disease and into the dying process. Lots of good information here.

[Mark Olson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Timely and Insightfully Practical and Helpful

I found this to be one of the most helpful and accessible books out there… and it points one to many additional resources. Comforting in its frankness and commitment to our understanding of this challenging disorder.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate this disease