Day to day living with dementia : a Mayo Clinic guide for offering care and support / Angela M. Lunde, M.A.
Title:
Day to day living with dementia : a Mayo Clinic guide for offering care and support / Angela M. Lunde, M.A.
ISBN:
9781945564246
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic Press, [2023]
©2022
Physical Description:
1 online resource
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Adjusting to a diagnosis -- Charting a path forward -- What it means to be a caregiver -- Overcoming common caregiver challenges -- Creating a dementia-friendly environment -- Living well as a caregiver -- Understanding caregiver stress and burnout -- Finding support -- Planning for the end of life.
Summary:
Contains a guide for caregivers on understanding, supporting, and caring for loved ones diagnosed with dementia. Explains how to adjust after a diagnosis, how to plan for the future, the challenges of being a caregiver, how to create a dementia-friendly environment, the realities of caregiver burnout, grief, and guilt, the importance self-care and support for caregivers, and how to plan for the end of life. Includes a list of further resources.
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