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The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimers Care

The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimers Care

by David Troxel (Author), David Troxel (Author), Virginia Bell (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

Join thousands of caregivers who are adopting this groundbreaking and uplifting method for the care of people with Alzheimer's disease. This comprehensive program builds on the essential elements of friendship: respect, empathy, support, trust, humor. They're the building blocks of a care model that's both effective and flexible enough to adapt to each person's remaining strengths and abilities. Learn how to ensure the highest quality of life for people with dementia by making every day consistently reassuring, enjoyable, and secure. Best Friends(TM) for the best care.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 250
 Publisher: Health Professions Press
Published: 31 Oct 1996
ISBN 10: 1878812351
ISBN 13: 9781878812353

Media Reviews
innovative and refreshing due to the relaxed and natural 'hands on' approach - an empowering book that proves one can enjoy life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. -- (01/01/2001)
One of the first, and still one of my favorites [positive, uplifting books on Alzheimer's disease]...easy to grasp and always respectful of the person with the disease. -- (01/01/2001)
For every friend, relative, or caregiver to a person with Alzheimer's, [Best Friends] offers practical advice, compassion and optimism in understanding and dealing with the challenges they face each day and how to bring out the best in the person with the disease, so that a life that seems at times hopeless can be a life of love and dignity. -- (01/01/2001)
Virginia Bell and David Troxel ... argue persuasively that the proper metaphor for organizing our thinking in this area is not the distant clinical reserve of the professional but the open and engaged warmth of a best friend... [They] have written powerfully about this in their book. -- (01/01/2001)
Here at last are two compassionate, humorous, experienced authors (David Troxel and Virginia Bell) who say it's time to stop being morbid and negative about AD. ...It's the best training guide for families and professionals in print. A must for every Alzheimer's library. -- (01/01/2001)
The Best Friends philosophy ... has been adopted as a model through Maine and has become one of our most valuable caregiving resources. We've seen it in action and heartily recommend it! -- (01/01/2001)
.. .a potential gold mine for afflicted families. -- (01/01/2001)
[ Bell and Troxel] have laid out a way of relating that is immediately accessible to all involved in dementia and a policy and programme for service provision. ...Here is an initiative that is easy to understand and is within the immediate capacity of each of us to deliver. -- (01/01/2001)