Coping with Dementia

Caregiving is the most stressful job in the world, but you are not alone. Despite the fact that millions are caregivers, it is still hard to get the emotional support you need. Read this book and follow the simple checklists to learn how to: • Cope with a diagnosis of dementia and prepare emotionally for the changes that will follow. • Avoid caregiver burnout with strategies for maintaining emotional health. • Identify risk factors and prevent or treat anxiety, depression, stress, anger, frustration, guilt, and other emotional effects of caregiving • Effectively communicate with loved ones who have dementia. • Tailor your caregiving strategies to your loved ones emotional needs.

If you have been diagnosed with dementia or are providing care to someone with dementia, you are not alone, although you often may feel that way when confronting this terrible illness. Don’t give up hope. Use the checklists in Coping with Dementia to protect yourself from the emotional effects of dealing with dementia and maintain your personal well-being in spite of everything.

© 2023 Omega Press (Lydbog): 9781943414352

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Lydbog: 12. februar 2023