Failure-Free Activities for the Alzheimer Patient: A Guidebook for Caregivers

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Summary: A Wealth of Ideas
Review: "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."

Rating:
Summary: A Wealth of Ideas
Review: "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."

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Summary: An Essential Book For Caregivers
Review: An essential book for caregivers, Failure-Free Activities shows how to improve the well being and raise the quality of life for persons with AD. Author Carmel Sheridan describes how to focus on the abilities that remain rather than the deficits of the patient. She offers simple meaningful activities which help reinforce self-esteem while relieving boredom and frustration. The book is for all caregivers of persons with A.D or related dementias. It's well-written, easy to use and really helpful. Caregivers who are already putting in a 36-hour day will find that the information offered could be a stress-saver for them as well as a chance for increased feelings of self-worth for the person with dementia.

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Summary: A goldmine of activity ideas
Review: 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.

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Summary: A goldmine of activity ideas
Review: 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.

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Summary: This is an exceptionally helpful book
Review: 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.