Dementia Books
Books and Book Websites
Grandpa and Lewy – A children’s book of hope and empowerment for children touched by Lewy Body Dementia. Author Jennifer Randazzo.
AlzAuthors – is a global community of authors writing about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia from personal experience to light the way for others. Discover memoirs, novels, caregiving guides, books for young people and more.
Graypel’s Review of Dementias and Adult Cognitive Impairments for Non-psychiatrists – This book is intended for those who deal with cognitively impaired patients on a daily basis. This includes primary care physicians, non-psychiatric providers in hospitals and long-term care facilities, home healthcare workers, and medical and nursing students entering the healthcare field. The book is written in layman’s language to be understood by a caregiver of any educational background. A special emphasis is placed on social aspects of the affected individual’s care.
Travelers of Unimaginable Lands – Inspired by Dasha Kiper’s experience as a caregiver and counselor and informed by a breadth of cognitive and neurological research, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands dispels the myth of the perfect caregiver. In these compassionate, nonjudgmental stories of parents and children, husbands and wives, contending with dementia disorders, Kiper explores the existential dilemmas created by this disease: a man believes his wife is an impostor; a woman’s imaginary friendships with famous authors drive a wedge between her and her devoted husband; another woman’s childhood trauma emerges to torment her son; a man’s sudden, intense Catholic piety provokes his wife.
The Caregiver Advocate – is authentic healing—real stories and insightful tools that get straight to the business of supporting the people taking care of those in need. From practical tools like music, eldercare planning, and legal knowledge to bathing and navigating vacations and sensory changes, this book will give you the hope, inspiration, and strategies to care and also keep yourself energized, happy, and sane.
21 Mistakes Caregivers Make & How to Avoid Them: Solutions and Strategies to Reduce Stress and Increase Happiness – Caregiving, whether short-term or long-term, interferes with work and family commitments and relationships. It forces you to rearrange priorities and leisure time, may cause financial hardship and can result in health issues and even death for the caregiver. How do you make the best of this difficult situation? The good news is that in this book, you will learn 21 common mistakes caregivers make and the solutions and strategies that will save you time, energy, and heartache. You will learn how to transform the caregiving journey into an experience of connection, confidence, and discovery.
Learning To Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease – Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer’s, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between carepartners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia.