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    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide
    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide
    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide
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    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide

    By Salvatore Viglione

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    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide, provides a practical day to day understanding of how to care for a spouse stricken with Alzheimer’s. Written with the spouse/caregiver in mind, Sal Viglione discusses his current situation with wife Anna and what it takes to create a healthy family environment. His insights on routines, schedules, proper nutrition, medicines, insurance, cooking meals, and other daily issues will help you navigate your new responsibilities with care and hope.

    From love-struck soul mate to love filled caregiver, Sal shares his experience, strength and dreams.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSalvatore Viglione
    Release dateJan 13, 2012
    ISBN9781466028234
    Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide
    Author

    Salvatore Viglione

    THE RED FLAGS SURFACED in the year 2000 and her illness—dementia has deepened each year. Anna has had dementia for twelve years, and during these years Anna and I have had a great life. As her husband and primary caregiver, I have been able to keep her vibrant and alive by using a common-sense approach, reading articles concerning this illness, gathering as much information as possible from all sources, and retaining information that related to my wife’s dementia. Currently, Anna does not know me or the family all the time and she is in and out with her emotions. In spite of this we are still able to enjoy our life together. Since the inception of this illness, we have attended a fitness center on a regular basis and have kept our bodies in good shape by working out three times a week. We also dance three nights per week at the Elks Lodge. We eat out or cook at home together. All this activity has helped us both to stay physically healthy and happy. Our Book, Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia A Caregiver’s Guide outlines how I dealt with each issue of Anna’s illness as it progressed. This information should not replace medical advice and ongoing treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The information is intended to give you insight and ideas for hands-on assistance to the patient. Furthermore, the information provided in this book may enable the family members to continue an active and pleasant relationship with the patient.

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      Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia - Salvatore Viglione

      Special Smashwords Edition

      Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia

      A Caregiver’s Guide

      By

      Salvatore B. Viglione

      Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia

      Special Smashwords Edition

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      Copyright © 2011 Salvatore B. Viglione

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of the author. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

      The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

      ePublished and distributed by Smashwords

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      This book is dedicated to:

      My family

      My daughter Gail and son-in-law Jack McGrail. They both were bombarded with phone calls from me when I was seeking support when Anna was having bad moments. Gail made many suggestions that have helped me immensely. Among many things, she urged me to look for a day care center so I could have some leisure time and to use the dishwasher every night, which turned out to be a blessing.

      My son Joseph, for providing me with information to peruse. Joseph called every Sunday and many times during the week to chat with both of us; his calls were a tremendous help.

      Vilma Sullivan, Anna’s sister. She took calls at all hours of the night when Anna was looking for her or her mother (their mother Giovanna Ferri, a tremendous person, long deceased). Her support and input were a tremendous help.

      Healthcare facilities, healthcare workers and friends that have helped me deal with this terrible disease.

      The families that have also been suffering with their loved ones.

      Contents

      What is Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?

      Diagnosis and the Search for Medical Services

      Personal History of Anna and Salvatore

      Resolving Issues

      Conclusion

      References

      About the Author

      Acknowledgments

      e thank 1106 Design, Ronda, and Laura for working with us to ensure that the book can be of great help to those that are caregivers, assisting people in learning about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and

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