Alzheimer's: Caring for Your Loved One, Caring for Yourself

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Summary: Practical advice for Caregivers
Review: The author offers practical and complete advice for the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients, writing from both personal and professional experience, she discusses the baffling behaviours, the safety aspects of care-giving , and the fears, anxieties and the guilt involved. She examines continuing care issues such as making the difficult decision of when to institutionalize and how to care for the dying.

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Summary: A Must-Read for Family Caregivers
Review: When my grandmother started showing signs of Alzheimer's in 1989, when information on Alzheimer's was still very limited, Sharon Fish's book was a godsend. She clearly outlines what to expect as the disease progresses through its various stages and how to deal with it, all written with compassion and from her own real-life experiences with families trying to cope with and understand the realities of Alzheimer's. At the time, I bought several copies and passed them around for all of my family to read, and have loaned my own copy countless times over the past decade to friends facing the difficulty of dealing with a loved one's dementia.