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| Creating Moments of Joy: A Journal for Caregivers, Fourth Edition (NEW COVER) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jolene Brackey
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 13554
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 306
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1557534624
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196831
EAN: 9781557534620
ASIN: 1557534624
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
Jolene Brackey has a vision. A vision that will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease and focus more of our energy on creating moments of joy. When a person has short-term memory loss, his life is made up of moments. But if you think about it, our memory is made up of moments, too. We are not able to create a perfectly wonderful day with someone who has dementia, but it is absolutely attainable to create a perfectly wonderful moment; a moment that puts a smile on their face, a twinkle in their eye, or triggers a memory. Five minutes later, they won't remember what you did or said, but the feeling you left them with will linger.
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A ray of sunshine and hope September 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Through tears of joy I read the first pages of "Creating Moments of Joy", a journal of hope and joy. This is a must read for families who have loved ones with Alzheimers. Jolene gives us such sensible answers about the mysteries of this disease and helps us to realize where our Alzheimer patients are coming from and how we can calm their fears and give them mements of joy. This is such a confusing illness to the patient and the caregivers, and the author provides concrete examples and illustrations of how to make precious memories and moments of joy for the entire family. Thank you so much for such a wonderful book.....the best I have read of this subject.
Crerating Moments of Joy October 3, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the best book I've read that helps caregivers understand how important it is to enter the world of the Alzheimer's patient and gives concrete examples of how that can be accomplished. It helps us understand the serious reality of this disease, but offers hope that we can bring joyful moments to our loved ones in the remaining time we have with them.
A must-read for everyone connected to the disease! March 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely the best I have read regarding the disease. I am a care-giver. The insights into the disease, how to make the best of it for you and for them is invaluable. You can create moments of joy for everyone. Tips and tricks are sensational. I will read it again and again as the disease progresses. I just can't recommend it enough.
Short & Simple June 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Creating Moments...was recommended to me by Amy, a Nurse Practitioner of my Fathers. She would ask whenever she'd see me "Did you order the book yet?" & between being a master of procrastination & being the sole care taker of my Dad, even my best intentions never seems to come full circle. One night my phone rang & it was Amy asking again if I ordered the book, it just happened to be on her mind!!!! Well I immediately went on line and thought "this better be a great book" for all the bothering from her. Giving it 5 stars barely does it justice but thats the highest the scale goes. I love it because one minute you are learning something serious & the next you are laughing so hard at the stories Jolene has sprinkled through out the book. Order it (when you get a chance!) Care takers and family members alike will enjoy and be informed. Take Amy's word for it!! :-)
It is important to create and get pleasure from moments of joy with those having dementia July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jolene Brackey offers the caregiver and others with the task of helping those with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, some extremely useful strategies that work.
The reader also gains a keen understanding of why folks with these diseases behave the way they do, what these behaviors mean,how to prevent them, and what to do when they occur.
Brackey teaches the reader to create and savor moments that bring joy because some days that is all you get. just moments.
So before it is too late, read this book so you can create as many good moments of joy as possible.
by Susan Berg author of Adorable Photographs of Our Baby: Meaningful, Mind Stimulating Activities and More for the Memory Challenged, Their Loved Ones, and Involved Professionals
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