When someone you love starts behaving oddly it can be worrying.  If you see, sense or feel something is wrong it’s important to take the right steps to ensure your loved one gets the care they need and allows you to plan ahead.

This pocket book is a practical, step-by-step approach that shows you how to get a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

It’s written by someone who has first-hand knowledge and experience of working with Alzheimer’s sufferers and helps to ensure you ask the right questions and then take  positive steps to gain as much time with your loved one as possible.

An early diagnosis helps you and your loved one to keep your relationship as long as possible, before they disappear from your life forever.

This second pocket book is for those of you who need some prompting because you have some tools and ideas of your own. At the same time have attained an understanding of the reason why, it is so important to acknowledge yourself in this process and what you have done for your loved as it unfolds.
Your life is changing and that does not mean that you must sacrifice your life for their care. You will still have to acknowledge having your own needs being met, if, you are to continue to care effectively. It will be left up to YOU to make the adjustments within yourself and change your approach towards them if you have any interest in helping them at all and for your own sanity to avoid sinking into clinical depression.

When you have a loved who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, or any other form of memory loss, you’ll experience dramatic changes in their behaviour.

There will almost certainly be a point at which you feel you can’t cope with them any  longer, even though you want to look after them.

This isn’t heartless, it’s normal.  There is a limit to the energy and confidence you have in your own abilities to function as a professional carer.  It’s time to consider a Care Home that can provide the 24 hour care your loved one needs.

There is no price tag on peace of mind and care homes are expensive so it’s essential that you choose the right one.  This pocket book will guide you through the questions that you need to ask to enable you to make a good choice.

Whether you’re a spouse, friend, carer or medical professional, dealing with an Alzheimer’s sufferer is a huge challenge.  Those windows of opportunity when you can connect with your loved one are often fleeting – and there are so many things that need to be done.

This pocket book covers a wide range of topics from the services you can find in the community to the importance of looking after yourself.  There is a bank of information and bite-sized wisdom on everything from dealing with finances, your legal status, respite care, social situations and, most importantly the signs to look out for that show the progress of the disease.

It’s a practical, straightforward guide written by someone with first-hand experience.