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“OUR FAVORITES – BOOK LIST”

Book Recommendations BY

AUTHORS AND OTHERS WITH DEMENTIA

OR THEIR CAREGIVERS

(If you have a suggestion, please add to the comments below)

Every day, I receive many more Book Recommendations from others than I have time to review. Yet, each new book sounds insightful, helpful and fresh as these requests pour in from Authors and Readers. The Book Recommendations on this list may come from a Caregiver, or a person who has dementia, a relative or a friend. Reading is critical for the Caregiver and helpful for the person with dementia as well.

Since there are many more books than I have time to read and critique, I’ve begun this Post for YOUR favorite Book Recommendations– Let me know about the Book that helped you most. If we don’t already have it reviewed and posted on our site, I will list it here with your short review.

More Books Recommended by others

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A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

Author: Laura Wayman

A Loving Approach to Dementia Care: Making Meaningful Connections with the Person Who Has Alzheimer’s Disease or Other Dementia or Memory Loss

Laura Wayman is an accomplished keynote speaker, author, trainer, and a dedicated Gerontologist. She holds an associate in arts degree in gerontology and is a certified Social Services Designee.

Laura has over a decade of experience in and a strong dedication to quality aging. She is the resident dementia expert and grant writer for Seniors First, a nonprofit organization that helps seniors live independently; the CEO of The Dementia Whisperers; and a sought-after speaker on issues of aging.

Her book is next on my reading list and as I checked the Reviews from other readers, her work is outstanding. Not only a super advocate for the aging, she also helps the caregiver to take care of themselves which is sometimes forgotten during the heavy lifting of caregiving.

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“An Unbreakable Bond”

Author: Adam Sibley

Unbreakable Bond

Adam Sibley is a sweet young man that learned the lessons of life at an age too young, caring for his Mom with Alzheimer’s dementia.

During those four years of caregiving Adam put his Mom above his own needs. We don’t often see that kind of care from someone at such a young age. But Adam is certainly mature for his years.

In this memoir Adam shares the joy of caring for his Mom along with the hard lessons that a selfless life brings.

Family and his dear Mother comes first above all else including school, work, friends and almost everything else at times.

Share this sweet journey with Adam and applaud the person he is and the strong man he has become through the hard work of caregiving. In the end, you will have the pleasure of meeting Adam now, along with his new bride and a life that is finally his own.

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A daughter who cares for her Mother!

Clueless: A Daughter’s Journey through Alzheimer’s Caregiving

A daughter who learns all she needs to know to be caregiver for her beloved Mother.

Author: Sandra Savell

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A Caregiver’s Experience

A Message for Mama : For the Caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s

by Sheryl Simmons

Author: Sheryl Simmons, writer, nurse; loves cooking,writing and travel. She is an Advocate for those with Alzheimer’s including research funding and respite care. Check her Facebook Page at “A Message From Mama, for the caregivers of Alzheimer’s Victims.”

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A daughter’s book about her Mother

“Alzheimer’s Through My Mother’s Eyes”

by Suzette Brown

It is honest, open and raw. The day to day struggles as I worked full-time, had a teenaged son, husband and my own household to run.
I also share many Caregiver tips on my blog – such as my Mom should have been OFF the road, what I could and should have done, adult social services, elder abuse, assisted living facilities, caregivers emotional roller coaster….
Thank you for reading my book

Author: Suzette Brown “Alzheimer’s Through My Mother’s Eyes” is about her journey as a Caregiver for her Mother for five years. It is real, raw and truly day to day instances of their experiences – good and bad, up and down. Suzette has also been nominated for a VIBA award for her blog at “Alzheimer’s Through My Mother’s Eyes.“

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A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver

by Potts M.D., Daniel C., Potts, Ellen Woodward

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No Act of Love is Ever Wasted: The Spirituality of Caring for Persons with Dementia

by Richard L. Morgan, and Jane Marie Thibault

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From the author, Elaine Pereira: The impetus for writing the book:
My mother’s is a story that needed to be told. She was a kind, brilliant and talented woman all of my life until Dementia took hold distorting her persona and leaving an agitated, bewildered and compromised person in its wake.

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More Book Suggestions in the Comments Below

Often we learn of new books from the Authors or other Friends that find the book a good match for our Reading List. So don’t hesitate to check out a few more books suggested by friends! and Authors–

“When Memory Fades, Sunrise Stories from Real People, by Ronda Knuth” is more than a book of stories.

When memory fades shares shares wonderful vignettes about the people she cares for at Sunrise Senior Living Community at Pinehurst in Denver, Colorado.

More than sharing short moments in their lives, Ronda describes it as the place she goes to “live out her love.”

And “loving” she is! Ronda’s love for the members of this elderly community shows through in every story.

Many residents of Sunrise Senior Living have Alzheimer’s, dementia and find it difficult to describe their own needs. The right words most often escape them.

Ronda waits, listens and discerns their heart through behavior and actions. In return she is approachable and patient as they display their emotions and feelings in ways other than speech. And when memory fades there are still memories in their feelings.

For example: Ronda knows that Renee is not worried about anything in particular but she still needs her “worry time.”

Ronda knows why Sara declares that Ronda makes her “Yellow.” In fact, Sara makes Ronda “yellow,” too, quite often.

Personally, I think I’m envious of Ronda. Not only do I wish she had been with my Mother at the Group Home where she lived the final two years of her life, I wish I had read this book 7 years prior to Mom’s last years.

Caring for those with dementia can sometimes be confusing. Often we don’t know if a frown on their face means anger at us or pain from a UTI infection.

Ronda has a keen sense of what each individual needs without any words at all. And maybe, if we slow down and take more time with an ailing loved one, many of us could do the same.

I would like to have seen my own Mom through Ronda’s eyes. Ronda sees each individual through to the heart.

You’ll laugh and you’ll cry but you’ll never forget the delightful characters from Ronda’s Stories.

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Author: Ronda Knuth is the 2014 regional recipient of the “Joy in Service” award for the Assisted Living organization where she is employed. Ronda is passionate about seniors, and is especially drawn to those who contend daily with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias. Ronda is a regular contributor to Network211.com Global Christian Center web site and to TheWay.co.uk a subscription-service daily devotional published in the United Kingdom. She can also be found at her website Ronda’s Resting Place

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