{"product_id":"taming-the-chaos-of-dementia-a-caregivers-guide-to-interventions-that-make-a-difference-9781538178980","title":"Taming the Chaos of Dementia: A Caregiver's Guide to Interventions That Make a Difference","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hopeful and practical guide to taming the challenges of dementia with creative interventions inspired by real stories of sufferers and caregivers alike. If youve ever cared for someone with dementia  you might empathize with Alice  who tumbled down a rabbit hole and discovered herself in an unhappy world where time moved oddly  animals and plants spoke  but mostly to berate you. Familiar objects became terribly out of scale. If youre caring for someone with dementia now  you might feel like someone changed the rules of reality and that you need a guide  preferably someone kinder than the perennially late rabbit. This book supports the journeytaken by both the caregiver and the person with dementiaproviding loved ones with practical recommendations and enriched with human empathy. This book helps ease the stress by offering interventions and non-pharmaceutical therapeutic suggestions. It helps decode dementias visceral world and supports non-cognitive human experiences. It shares stories of real people struggling to survive the challenges presented by dementia paired with practical examples of interventions that target the miseries of dementia behaviors  triggers  and causalities induced by them. The book provides options in the art of caregiving alongside the power of place  furnishings  light  color  technology  nature  and the senses. Barbara Huelat explores options in human engagement  the experience of destinations  positive distractions  familiar settings  furnishings  light  color  technology  nature  and the emotion of the senses. She offers design interventions that support the family caregivers in functional and emotional outcomes. No cure exists for dementia  but the tips  tools  strategies and suggestions include here provide tools for caregivers and those with dementia to make the experience more comfortable and calm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652007190581,"sku":"ByrdShop_1538178982","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781538178980.jpg?v=1781848540","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/taming-the-chaos-of-dementia-a-caregivers-guide-to-interventions-that-make-a-difference-9781538178980","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}