Inclusa Dementia Toolkit

Description: A method to create person-centered care & support for people living with dementia. It helps the person living with dementia to have a voice in the plan and helps caregivers to better understand the whole person.

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Resources for Caregivers for & People Living with Dementia

Books Written About Dementia

Looking for resources learn more about dementia? Check out the great resources below.

Book Title Author
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss, 6th Ed. Nancy L. Mace, MA & Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Activities to do with Your Parent who has Alzheimer’s Dementia Judith A. Levy, EdM, OTR
Ahead of Dementia: A Real-World, Upfront, Straightforward, Step-by-Step Guide for Family Caregivers Luciana Mitzkun
The Alzheimer’s Action Plan: What You Need to Know–and What You Can Do–about Memory Problems, from Prevention to Early Intervention and Care P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., Lisa P. Gwyther, MSW, & Tina Adler
Alzheimer’s and Dementia for Dummies American Geriatrics Society & Health in Aging Foundation
Alzheimer’s Care – The Caregiver’s Guide to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease & Best Practices to Care for People with Alzheimer’s & Dementia Nancy J. Wiles
Alzheimer’s in America: The Shriver Report on Women and Alzheimer’s A study by Maria Shriver & the Alzheimer’s Association
Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer’s B. Smith, Dan Gasby, & Michael Shnayerson
The Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care Virginia Bell & David Troxel
A Caregiver’s Guide to Lewy Body Dementia Helen Buell Whitworth & James Whitworth
Dementia Caregiver Guide Teepa Snow
Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer’s Journey: A Guide for Families and Caregivers Jolene Brackey
Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s: One Daughter’s Hopeful Story Lauren Kessler
Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease Joy Koenig Coste
Memory’s Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia Gerda Saunders

Books Written About Dementia for Children

Looking for resources to help children and teens learn more about dementia? Check out the great resources below.

Book Title Author
Nice to Meet You…Again Suzanne Bottom-Jones, RN
What’s Happening to Grandpa? Maria Shriver
Remember, Grandma? Laura Langston
Remember Me? Te Acuerdas de Me? Sue Glass
A Heart Full of GEMS Linn Possell, Teepa Snow
Always My Grandpa: A Story for Children About Alzheimer’s Disease Linda Scacco
My Little Grandmother Often Forgets Reeve Lindbergh
Still My Grandma Veronique Van Den, Abeele and Claude Dubois
Striped Shirts and Flowered Pants Barbara Schnurbush
The Graduation of Jake Moon Barbara Park
The Last Best Days of Summer Valerie Hobbs
The Memory Box Mary Bahr, David Cunningham
Wordsworth Dances the Waltz Frances Kakugawa
When My Grammy Forgets, I Remember: A Child’s Perspective on Dementia Toby Haberkorn
Papa’s Changes, Dementia Through a Child’s Eyes Linda L. Osmundson

Source: Dementia Action Alliance Resource Center: Books

Other Resources for Kids

Dementia Friends

Dementia Friends Wisconsin – Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute – UW–Madison
wai.wisc.edu
To date, Wisconsin has 1,632 Dementia Friends, 242 Dementia Champions, and 42 Dementia Friends Master Trainers! Dementia Friends is a global movement to change the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. It started in the United Kingdom and w…

Interested in becoming a Dementia Friend or hosting a Dementia Friend session? Inclusa can help!

Email: qualityinnovation@inclusa.org for more information.

Dementia Webinars & Associated Resources

The Dementia Informed Training Awareness and Skills presentation was prepared by Suzanna Waters Castillo, PhD, MSSW with the University of Wisconsin-Madison through a Dementia Grant obtained by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. This presentation includes 10 modules in total. For the Behavioral Health Outcome project we are utilizing 3 of these modules. Currently these are the only ones that have been created for a self-study. For additional information on this presentation you may contact Nancy Tischbein at 715-635-5420 or email at Nancy.Tischbein@inclusa.org.

Other Helpful Resources

Alzheimer’s Association (National) & Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association

Description:  The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementias by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin

Description: A local resource for individuals and families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. They offer individual and family consultations; caregiver support groups; as well as education and early-stage enrichment programs.

Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care (YouTube Channel)

Description: This YouTube channel is one of the ways Teepa Snow and the Positive Approach to Care team share out information about Dementia – including Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, FTD, Vascular and many more – so that family and professional care partners can gain knowledge and build skills to become better care partners. See also: http://www.teepasnow.com

UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program: Caregiver Training Videos and Webinars

Description: A series of videos produced by the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program to help caregivers understand how to better care for persons living with dementia. There are also free, live-streaming webinars that provide information about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias for caregivers, loved ones, and others.

Training Curriculum: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (HRSA)

Description:  Contains 16 core modules and four supplemental modules in PowerPoint format. Designed to be used by educators to train the primary care workforce about dementia care and to help providers address caregiver needs. Developed by the Health Resources & Services Administration, the primary federal agency for improving healthcare to at risk populations in the US.

Dementia Care System Redesign – Wisconsin

Description: The Wisconsin State Dementia Plan for 2019-2023 (State Plan) is the latest of a series of efforts to strengthen the state’s dementia care system, and replaces the Wisconsin Dementia Care System Redesign Plan published in 2014. More information about the origin and accomplishments of the 2014 Redesign Plan can be found on the Department of Health Services website.

The four main focus areas:

  1. Care in the Community
  2. Health Care
  3. Crisis Response for People Living with Dementia
  4. Facility-Based Care

​​​​​​​Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute

Description: From the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.  Educational presentations, research opportunities, information about services, and other Alzheimer’s and other dementia specific resources.

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