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The Stranger You Love: A Comprehensive Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementias by Renée Despres, Guy Slowik, Candice Greenwood, and Bernard Isaacs is a comprehensive guide that walks readers through the definition of the various types of dementia, diagnosis, and care of a loved one with the disease. With examples and visuals for clarification, the book outlines the stages of dementia, allowing for differences in personalities, behaviors, and frustrations. The authors suggest a framework for determining a care routine and the selection of a physician and recommend tools that may help your loved ones care for themselves, games for fun, and safety devices.
Renée Despres, Guy Slowik, Candice Greenwood, and Bernard Isaacs have written a highly useful book that will help individuals recently diagnosed with dementia and caregivers understand the disease and approach it with more understanding and compassion. The contents help readers make informed decisions and advise them about what they can expect as they care for a person with dementia and how to handle the designation of responsibilities before a person’s decline. The book should be digested in its entirety so as not to miss anything of importance, and the material is truly a support for caregivers as it replaces assumptions with a renewed point of view, humanizes the loved one as they progress into the latter stages of dementia, and inspires empathy and compassionate care. Giving a full view of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, the book could comfort caregivers who see the behaviors they witness reflected in the contents. The Stranger You Love is a great selection for those recently diagnosed with dementia and their caregivers.
