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• Coping With Behavior Change in Dementia - Dementia Care Books

  A Family Caregiver’s Guide Beth Spencer & Laurie White This handbook is intended to help families understand possible causes of common behavior changes and learn to respond more effectively to 12 deme...

• Caregiver Stories Archives - Dementia Care Books

  My wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 5 years ago. The progression has been quite slow, and she is still capable of doing many things – she likes to read, set the table, watch nature shows on...

• Challenging Behaviors Archives - Dementia Care Books

  Like many of you we have been ordered to “shelter in place” (Beth in Michigan, Laurie in California) to help curb or eradicate the COVID-19 virus. Although it is an inconvenience, we cannot help but t...

• communication in dementia Archives - Dementia Care Books

  During the COVID pandemic, recognizing a friend, co-worker, or neighbor wearing a mask has been challenging.  While a person’s eyes give us some clues to the person’s identity, it often isn’t enough. ...

• Moving a Relative & Other Transitions in Dementia Care - Dementia Care Books

  Moving a Relative & Other Transitions in Dementia Care By Laurie White & Beth Spencer Moving a Relative & Other Transitions in Dementia Care is an expansion of our original book, Moving a Relative wi...

• Why we wrote "the red book" - Dementia Care Books

  Our "red book" on coping with behavior change in dementia was written in the 1980s, when care partners had few alternatives to medication.