Dementia Caregiver Guide
$25.00
A collaborative effort, the Dementia Caregiver Guide reinforces the impact of Teepa Snow’s guidance and person-centered care interventions within a community. In this simple, easy to read, 100 page guidebook Cedar Village shares beautiful photograhic documentation of community residents benefiting from the training and implementation of the GEMS® and Positive Approach® to Care techniques. Designed to help family members, friends, and caregivers, the purpose of this book is to help everyone understand changes that come with advancing dementia or other impairments in thinking, reasoning, or the processing of information. The goal is to provide better support and care practices when someone is living with an ever-changing condition. By appreciating what has changed but leveraging what is still possible, providers can choose interactions that are more positive, communication that is more productive, and care that is more effective and less challenging for all involved.
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Description
Dementia Caregiver Guide
Table of Contents:
- How to Use the Guidebook
- Key Points to Remember When Using Gems
- GEMS Characteristics
- Sapphire–Normal Aging, Not Dementia 2
- Diamond–First Signs of Change or Signals of a Stressed Brain
- Emerald–Moderate Symptoms of Cognitive Changes
- Hand-Under-Hand Technique
- How to Greet and Connect
- Comforting and Connecting
- The Positive Physical Approach with Dementia (PPA)
- Approaching When the Person is Distressed
- Basic Cues When Working with Dementia
- Amber–Middle Stage Changes
- Ruby–Late Stage Changes
- Pearl–Late Changes, End of the Journey
- GEMS Support Needed
- Conclusion
- Teepa’s Background
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10 reviews for Dementia Caregiver Guide
The Dementia Caregiver Guide has been a tremendous aid to my practice. I am a Massage Therapist who has incorporated Hospice and Palliative Massage into my business model. The Dementia Caregiver Guide has enabled me to help caregivers better understand the sufferer’s perspective better. This has always minimized frustration levels and lowered tensions. My clients truly appreciated the Guide.
Very well written short and concise. I bring it with me whenever working with clients
Very useful
While I appreciated the written content, the photos were too many in my humble opinion.
For $25 US I felt I did not get enough value.
Extremely helpful.
The GEMS poster, however, needs work. It is a paper product which does not hold up well when posting on a surface.
Great guide in understanding the changes being experienced by someone living with dementia and the best way to offer support.
Definitely gives an insight to the transition from caregiver to care partner. Better understanding of what we are still able to do.
This book gives real examples and explanations of the various stages of dementia along with lots of helpful information on how to deal with these stages.
We love the Gems format and use it at our facility all the time. Thanks Teepa you are awesome
I enjoyed this book because I like the way Teepa keeps “people” as people and can see how they can move back and forth into one gem to another. She has simplified how residents shine!