The Alzheimer's Creativity Project: The Caregiver's Ultimate Guide to a Good Day; Communication and Activities in the World of Alzheimer's - Softcover

Lokvig, Jytte Fogh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097103902X ISBN 13: 9780971039025

Publisher: Endless Circle Press, 2014

Synopsis

Creative activities for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias in an easy-to-follow format for professionals and family caregivers. A full color guide to projects, art making, and other purposeful activities, as well as the basics of effective communication and approaches. This book is based on ten years of creativity sessions with people with advanced dementia and late stage Alzheimer's. 

CREATIVITY is used not simply in the popular terms of the creative arts, but rather in its broadest sense of how we approach everything we do throughout the day. Creativity means letting go of our old notions of doing something, being open to new experiences and allowing ourselves to be open to think out of the box and go with the flow and ebb of our situation and the people we work with. When we discard our standard activity programs and give people the space and time to follow their own schedules, we may witness amazing results, as you'll see in this book. 

 

About this title

About the Author:

Jytte Fogh Lokvig, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized Alzheimer's and dementia expert with over two decades of implementing staff and program development for care facilities as well as counseling people living with a cognitive impairment and their families and caregivers. Dr. Lokvig has authored several successful books on living well with dementia and introduced the Alzheimer's and Memory Café concept to the US.

About this edition

• Publisher: Endless Circle Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 097103902X
• ISBN 13: 9780971039025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114
• Illustrator: Lokvig Jytte Fogh