This is a basic guide to help family caregivers dealing with someone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, or similar dementias such as Frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, Lewy Body dementia and other dementias of aging. It concentrates on understanding dementia, organizing family care and dealing with inter-family issues, all the way through to death. It is a practical help guide, not dealing with legal or other similar extraneous issues. It is to prepare people to be become good hands-on caregivers or to find those who can.

This book will help you through the journey of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by providing the knowledge, guidance, and practical tools you will need. The author has over twenty years of experience in the field The book also provides an honest examination of how we may usefully deal with the crisis of love and the central problems that dementia and Alzheimer's brings about.

New Revised Edition of Speaking Dementia

Frena Gray-Davidson has lived and worked with people with dementia for over 25 years. She is a best-selling author and is internationally recognized for her caregiver training workshops for professionals and families.

In this book, she shares new ways of listening to a person with dementia so that our care can help create security and connection with that person. In explaining what really goes on in the dementia person, she shows you how to find your loved one within. She makes it easy for you to understand, relate...