Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118002296 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is best known for her groundbreaking research as the pioneer theorist and clinical practitioner of stress reduction for people whose loved ones are ambiguously lost.. Pauline Boss, PhD, is emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota and was visiting professor at Harvard Medical School, 1995–1996, and Hunter School of Social Work, 2004–2005
Dr. Dr. From the Back CoverLoving Someone Who Has Dementia is a much-needed guide that offers proven strategies for managing ongoing stress and grief. This groundbreaking therapist takes the struggling reader by the hand and offers new and very specific ways to find a path from helplessness and despair to peace and strength."—Francine Russo, author, They're Your Parents, Too! How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents' Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy"This book is a must for anyone suffering alongside a loved one with dementia. Written in easy-to-understand conversational language, this vital resource is based on solid research and years of clinical practice. Bengtson, PhD, former president, The Gerontological Society of America"A gift to caregivers, in particular 'boomers' who find themselves in a role for which they are unprepared ? Intelligent and sensitive ? a fine contribution."—Gail Sheehy, best-selling author of Passages in CaregivingBy the autho
An excellent book for caregivers This book doesn't tell you how to get your Dad to take a shower. It doesn't tell you how to take the car keys away from your mother. It doesn't tell you when it's time for assisted living or nursing home care. Instead, it tells you how not to go crazy right along with your loved one. Actually, it helps you understand that you aren't crazy -- the conflicting emotions you're feeling are normal.The tone of this book is a b. Foster Corbin said Help for Caregivers of Those with Dementia. This is a fantastic book. I wish that it had been available when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease several years ago. I am giving my copy to a friend who, after reading it immediately, will mail it to another friend whose mother has just been diagnosed with this horrendous disease. Dr. Boss' emphasis is on the caregiver rather than the patient and what the caregiver can do in order to be both more effecti. "Extremely helpful" according to Tom Keane. My wife has the disease and as it progresses, there are times that I have a lot of difficulty dealing with the associated behavior. This book is outstanding in helping to get a grip on what is happening to my wonderful 50 year partner. I have more understanding of the anquish she is going through. I downloaded to the Kindle app and could highlight passages that were important to me. Now when I start to get down, I simpl
In the case of dementia, the ambiguity will likely not lessen, but in this book, I tell you how to increase your tolerance for it. But how they do this varies. I grew up living with a Swiss grandmother (maternal) and a father, both of whom were homesick for the families they left behind. . Or it may be spooning in bed, or tender touching and hugging during the day before going to separate bedrooms. How did you come to be interested in the concept of ambiguous loss? I came to be interested in the idea of ambiguous loss early in my life—living in a Swiss immigrant community where everyone seemed to be pining for the homeland across the sea. While research is slim, and more is surely needed to break the no-talk taboo, clinicians know that many couples affected by dementia continue to be intimate. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"—having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent.Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring for someone who has dementia Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who are cognitively impaired and no longer as they used