Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers
This essential resource teaches professional anf  fanily  caregivers how to improve the well-being  and raise the quality of life  for people with  Alzheimer's disease. For so many victims of  Alzheimer's  disease, failure fills their days. Now caregivers  of  Alzheimer's patients can turn to this resource  for ideas and advice  for safe, reassuring  activities to help the patient feel capable and  involved  with everyday life. Adapted to suit the needs and  capacities  of the person with memory loss, the  activities are designed to raise  self-esteem, relieve  boredom, reduce feelings of isolation, develop  and  use remaining skills, promote involvement with  reality, and  emphasize abilities that remain. From  making scrapbooks to holding  sing-alongs, from  baking to dusting, each activity is described by   clearly illustrated instructions and is supplemented  with appendices  on supplies and further help.Failure-Free Activites For The  Alzheimer's  Patientis for family members, nurse's aides,   companions, or the occasional  visitor."No caregiver should be  without this book,"  according to the Vancouver Alzheimer's Society.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.