The Handholder's Handbook: A Guide for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's or Other Dementias

Helping Hands for Self-Helpers After nursing her husband through his slow decline from vascular dementia without finding any answers to her practical or emotional issues, Rosette Teitel wrote The Handholder's Handbook: A Guide for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's or Other Dementias. Many of the 19 million Americans with an afflicted family member will appreciate her guidance, easily digestible with checklists for each chapter: ""Be sure there are two railings along any steps the patient will need to use;"" ""Take fifteen minutes just for yourself every day."" This warm, articulate former high-school teacher covers statistics, options and resources, from the patient's complaints (if they are imaginary, lend a sympathetic ear; if they are reality-based, advocate for him or her), to how to shower an adult, to home hospice care. (July)