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An Alzheimer's care expert shares tips to help turn tears and fears into laughter and magical moments!

You, or someone you know, might be caring for am elderly loved one at home. This job is much more challenging than anyone anticipates.

What you will find in this book:

• Easy tips that you can use with only a few minutes of reading - no need to sit and read for hours!
• Cheap and easy ways to keep your home clean and safe.
• Ideas to help improve memory.
• Simple systems to reduce the stresses of memory loss.
• Easy to understand explanations of current research findings related to the brain and memory.
• Simple ideas to add exercise and movement to the day - while sitting!
• Learning that giving control means gaining control.
• Reasons to smile and laugh instead of cry.
• Larger print - no need to hunt for your readers!

And so much more…

Lisa A. Santiago, BA, MA, ED.S.

Question: Why write this book?
Answer: While working in an adult psychiatric unit, I saw many individuals whose mental illnesses hindered their abilities to function in everyday life. I became familiar with the systems put in place to help them. In addition to this, as a college-level psychology instructor, I keep up with advances in brain and memory research in order to share this with my students. All of this knowledge and first-hand experience dealing with the brain and mental illnesses led me to believe that I was prepared to easily care for my grandma as Alzheimer’s tried to take her further and further away. It only took a few months for me to learn that I was wrong! I needed more options. I needed more solutions. This book provides the solutions that I could not find in any other book. I hope it helps everyone who needs help as much as I did.