Interventions for Alzheimer's Disease: A Caregiver's Complete Reference helps you bring the future of Alzheimer's care to your programs today. It distills the critical information you need from current Alzheimer's research and translates it into effective methods of care that can improve individuals' functional abilities and well-being. This comprehensive volume provides a wealth of intervention options designed to improve individuals' independence in ADLs, allay emotional outbursts, facilitate communication, and improve memory, from the early to the end stages of the disease. These interventions include: methods for cognitive retraining nonpharmacological psychotherapies communication techniques convenient environmental modifications steps to providing graded assistance recreational activities Nontechnical explanations of the disease process, ethical and legal issues, and the needs of caregivers complete the impressive scope of this essential volume.
