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Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia is comprehensive yet written in an easy-to-listen style, featuring clinical vignettes and character-based stories that provide real-life examples of how to successfully manage Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia is hard. It's hard whether you're caring for your spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, other family member, or friend. And caring for a loved one with dementia can sometimes feel like a long, lonely journey.

Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia can help, addressing concerns such as:

● Is the problem Alzheimer's, dementia, or something else?

● How do you approach problems in dementia? How do you manage problems with memory, language, and vision? How do you cope with emotional and behavioral problems?

● What are the best ways to manage troubles with sleep and incontinence? Which medications can help? Which medications can actually make things worse?

● How do you build your care team? Why is it important to care for yourself? How do you sustain your relationship with your loved one?

● How do you plan for the progression of dementia? How do you plan for the end and beyond?

Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

A Guide for Families

Author Andrew E. Budson, MD, Maureen K. O'Connor, PsyD

Narrated by Emily Beresford

Publication date Sep 12, 2023

Running time 9 hrs

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