Alzheimer's Victim You Love
By
Barbara A. Smith M.S., OTR/L
Barbarasmithoccupationaltherapist.com
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The title
of this book reflects one of the few remaining motor
acts
my mother was able to perform. Yet, this was a highly significant
motor
act, one that symbolized a continuing connectedness between
myself and the
Alzheimer's victim I loved.
Now I want to share what I have learned over the last eight years as
my mother
succumbed to Alzheimer’s Disease. I learned to help
my mother utilize her
remaining functional skills and enjoy life.
You will read a compelling memoir of a woman whose earlier
mental health
problems compounded the challenges of memory
impairment. The many therapeutic
techniques, adaptations and
teaching tools I share are all tricks of the
occupational therapy
trade with my special added touch of creative activities.
Extensive
resources and medical, legal and care-giving information provide
survival tools.
Although I wrote this book primarily for friends and family of
Alzheimer's
victims, Still Giving Kisses provides a framework
for health care professionals entering the field of geriatrics. Indeed,
I wish this resource
had been available when my mother mother
began showing the earliest symptoms.