Bell, Virginia, Troxel, David, Cox, Tonya, and Hamon, Robin.  The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer’s Activities.  Baltimore, MD:  Health Professionals Press, 2004.

Planning activities for people with dementia may seem challenging, but this book shows how easy and natural it can be.  Plus, all activities are adult in content and provide meaningful engagement for participants

Bell, Virginia, Troxel, David.  The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care.  Baltimore, MD:  Health Professionals Press, 1997.

This excellent book show how easily you can make a difference in the life of a family member or client in your care.

Boden, Christine.  Who Will I Be When I Die?  North Blackburn, Victoria, Australia:  Harper Collins Religious, 1998. 

The author, diagnosed at the age of 46 with Alzheimer’s disease (later changed to frontotemporal dementia), provides an account of her experience.

Bridges, Barbara.  Therapeutic Caregiving: A Practical Guide for Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementia Causing Diseases.  1995

Written expressly for family members and in-home caregivers.  This excellent book offers techniques for keeping people with dementia more functional.

Davidson, Ann.  Alzheimer’s A Love Story. 1997. ISBN 1559724188

Presents a picture of how she dealt with her husband’s Alzheimer’s and how they learned to simplify their lives, to live for the moment and laugh and cry together.

Davies, Helen D., and Michael P. Jensen. Alzhiemer’s:  The Answers You Need.  Forest Knolls, CA: Elder Books, 1998. 

Written for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and their caretakers.

Davis, R., with help from Davis, B. My Journey into Alzheimer’s Disease.  Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House publishers, 1989.

A former pastor chronicles his personal spiritual and emotional journey as he experiences memory loss and confusion from Alzheimer’s disease.

Feil, Naomi, MSW, ACSW. The Validation Breakthrough. Baltimore, MD:  Health Professionals Press, 2002.

Validation is a remarkable approach that reduces caregiver burnout and improves the lives of people with dementia.  Learn about simple techniques to help handle agitation, wandering, and reduce the sense of anger and frustration for both the caregiver and the person with dementia.   

Kuhn, Daniel, MSW.  Alzheimer’s Early Stages.  Hunter House, Inc. Publishers, CA 1999.

The latest information on how Alzheimer’s begins, how to recognize early symptoms, what you should do and plan for, and how to take care of yourself.

Mace, Nancy and Rabins, Peter V. MD.  The 36 – Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with AD and Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Late Life. 1999

This revised edition of the classic, internationally best-selling, comprehensive guide for the care of persons in the early and middle stages of progressive dementing illnesses.

McGowin, Diana.F. Living in the Labyrinth: a personal journey through themaze of Alzheimer’s.  San Francisco: Elder Books, c1993.

The author writes of her own experience as a person in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Raushi, Thaddeus, Ph. D. A View From Within: Living with early onsetAlzheimer’s. Northeastern NY Chapter, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. 2001. To order: (800) 303-2218.

The author has early stage, early onset Alzheimer’s disease as well as other life challenging illness.  This book chronicles his experience in living with the frustrations that Alzheimer’s Disease brings, while continuing to live life fully.

Rose, Larry. Show Me the Way to Go Home.  Forest Knolls, CA:  Elder Books, 1996.

The author, diagnosed at the age of 54, writes of his day to day experiences in coping with Alzheimer’s disease.

Schmall, Vicki, Cleland, Marilyn and Sturdevant, Marilynn.  The Caregiver Helpbook;  Powerful Tools for Caregiving.  Portland, OR:  Legacy Caregiver Services, 2000. 

This book is designed to provide caregivers with tools to increase selfcare and give them confidence in handling difficult situations, emotions and decisions.

White, Laurie and Spencer, Beth.  Moving a Relative With Memory Loss A Family Caregiver’s Guide. 2000

This book provides a useful, practical step-by-step guide to help families through the maze of decisions with their loved ones.