Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers [Paperback]

Carmel Sheridan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

The family, voluntary or professional caregiver to the Alzheimer's patient can use these activities in the home or care facility. Guidance is given on matching activities to patients' potentials, thereby avoiding stress and frustration of failure and mistakes, reinforcing self-esteem, alertness and satisfaction. Appendices list useful information. Recommended by the Alzheimer's Disease Society (UK) and the American Alzheimer's Disease Association. '...a splendid volume...my patients' relatives find it very helpful.' Professor G.K.Wilcock, BSc DM FRCP

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

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 Patient is 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 alternate Paperback edition.

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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  Patient is 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 alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Elder Books (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943873053
• ISBN-13: 978-0943873053
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an exceptionally helpful book, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers (Paperback)

This excellent book provides dozens of ideas for keeping the person with Alzheimer's involved and stimulated. The focus is on using activities such as music, exercise and reminiscing to enhance quality of life. Family and professional caregivers can use these activities and many of the ideas outlined truly work wonders. This is undoubtedly the most useful book available on using activities with people with Alzheimer's.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A goldmine of activity ideas, April 6, 2000

By 

Marilyn Gordon (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers (Paperback)

Thanks to this book, I have found dozens of creative ways to keep my mother (who is in the middle stages of Alzheimer's) involved and free from boredom. The activity ideas we found in this wonderful little book have improved my mother's quality of life tremendously and have made caring for her a lot easier and more enjoyable.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Ideas, December 4, 2001

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Brenda Parris Sibley (Decatur, AL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer's Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers (Paperback)

"What kind of activities are there for the Alzheimer's patient?" is a question that comes up often. I always recommend this book. Carmel describes all kind of activities: music, exercise, food preparation, crafts, gardening, solo activities, family games, and reminiscence. I especially like the chapter on reminiscence--with the life collage, memory book, memory box, and more. Activities are very important, as is explained in this book's introdution: "The more involved patients remain with the world around them, the more resourceful they become at finding ways to keep that world for slipping away."