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Dementia together, how to communicate to connect, Pati Bielak-Smith ; [foreword by Professor Bob Woods]

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Dementia together

bibliography

Pati Bielak-Smith ; [foreword by Professor Bob Woods]

how to communicate to connect

If you are looking to build and sustain a healthy relationship with someone who has dementia, this book is for you. Dementia is an illness that causes no physical pain. Yet ask anyone who cares about someone with Alzheimer's or another dementia if their heart isn't aching. The pain in dementia comes not from the illness, but from feeling hopeless, alone, or disconnected from someone you care about. And a broken relationship can be healed. This book is for family members and friends, for spouses, caregivers, and those who simply care. It outlines a path to a life with dementia that includes more life and less illness. With imagination, compassion, empathy, and quiet humor, the real-life stories in Dementia Together show you how to build a healthy dementia relationship. Because there are ways to communicate that result in greater capacity to receive as well as to provide both warm connection and practical collaboration. Living with dementia gives everyone an opportunity to grow their hearts bigger. This book shows you how