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Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, neighbors as well as educators and professionals—anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"—having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent.

• Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring for someone who has dementia
• Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who are cognitively impaired and no longer as they used to be
• Offers approaches to understand and cope with the emotional strain of care-giving

Boss's book builds on research and clinical experience, yet the material is presented as a conversation. She shows you a way to embrace rather than resist the ambiguity in your relationship with someone who has dementia.

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• File Size: 432 KB
• Print Length: 259 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1118002296
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (June 24, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0056JIT6W
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,647 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #18 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Medical Conditions & Diseases
  • #28 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Developmental Psychology
  • #46 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Aging Parents
• #18 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Medical Conditions & Diseases
• #28 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Developmental Psychology
• #46 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Aging Parents

Download Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief PDF

This is a fantastic book. I wish that it had been available when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease several years ago. I am giving my copy to a friend who, after reading it immediately, will mail it to another friend whose mother has just been diagnosed with this horrendous disease. Dr. Boss' emphasis is on the caregiver rather than the patient and what the caregiver can do in order to be both more effective ("isolation leads to higher burden and depression for caregivers--and in turn, this leads to more behavioral problems in the person who has dementia") and survive with his/her own life intact. The author gives a sobering statistic: "caregivers die at a rate 3 percent higher than people the same age who are not caring for someone with dementia."

Dr. Boss uses the words "ambiguous loss," over and over to describe when your loved one is here but isn't here and you are faced with an imperfect relationship that is not the way it once was, it never will be that way again and it will get even worse. One thing you can do to make things better for everyone involved is to continue with family rituals: celebrating birthdays, weddings, graduations, Thanksgiving and religious holidays as well. She also discusses the difference between depression and grief, reminding us that all too often professionals see a caregiver as being depressed she/he is actually experiencing extended grieving and is sad, a perfectly normal phenomenon for someone whose loved one is slipping away with dementia.

The author, to her everlasting credit, debunks the myth of that awful word "closure," which she points out has been done to death by pop psychologists and television reporters.