{"product_id":"dementia-home-care-how-to-prepare-before-during-and-after-9781941887127","title":"Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During, and After","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe target audience is women between the ages of 42 and 65. They represent the majority of unpaid care givers for loved ones with dementia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During and After\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e will examine taking on the role of care giver and help them make informed decisions about in-home care giving. It will give examples of how to create a safe living space, how to use distraction techniques, and suggest available resources for the care giver. It will emphasize the role of care giver respite and participating in dementia community support to relieve the daily stress of dementia care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHome care giver, Tracy Cram Perkins, will use anecdotes drawn from twelve years of experience. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemetia Home Care\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e will cover aggressive behavior, coping strategies, memory aids, communication aids, and support services. There is a space at the end of each chapter for the reader to record special or humorous moments with their loved ones. And it will address the empty nester experience after the loss of a loved one--to a nursing facility or to death--rarely covered in other books of this genre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis life-lesson of care giving is not meant to destroy us but meant to remind us to take care of ourselves, forgive ourselves, accept ourselves. To know other people trudge up this same hill with us every day. To pay forward kindness in some measure. To know laughter has not abandoned us. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the end, to know some measure of joy.\u003c\/p\u003e--Tracy Cram Perkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerkins, Tracy Cram:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTracy Cram Perkins's twelve plus years of experience care giving for two parents with dementia provided the nucleus of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDementia Home Care\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis guide grew from the questions presented by family members and friends overwhelmed by the caregiving challenges with their family member(s) or friends and the frustration of not being able to find the care giver hands-on answers in one book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTracy and her husband reside on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Behler Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50602861822226,"sku":"9781941887127","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a9f02bb-65f3-4238-b490-196722e1c533.jpg?v=1732242691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dementia-home-care-how-to-prepare-before-during-and-after-9781941887127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}