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NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES
COA’s Paulette Kozlowski New Book, Guidance Through the Care-Giving Journey – Into the World of Dementia
COA’s Paulette Kozlowski, RN, CRRN, CDP, QDCS, ADC, has published a new book, Guidance Through the Care-Giving Journey – Into the World of Dementia. The book invites readers to step into the extraordinary world of dementia in order to both improve their understanding of the experience of those in their care and improve their caregiving journey. The book is available for purchase at Amazon, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes & Noble retailers. To purchase on Amazon, please click here. To learn more, click here.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
National Alliance for Caregiving
Family Caregiver Alliance
elderSource, Area Agency on Aging & Disability Resource Center of Northeast Florida
elderSource Institute, Virtual Caregiver Support Groups
Community Hospice and Palliative Care
Alzheimer’s Association 24-hour helpline: 800-272-3900
Alzheimer’s Foundation Toll-Free Helpline 866-232-8484 9AM-9PM ET weekdays, 9AM-3PM ET Weekends
Well-Med Caregiver Support
Daily Caring
Alzheimer’s Speaks
Art Time
Maria’s Place: Activities for Memory and Seniors
The SCAN Foundation
The Caregiver Space
Teepa Snow: Positive Approach to Care
Download: Honoring Choices FL Advanced Care Planning packet
FOR MILLENNIAL AND GEN X CAREGIVERS
Facebook Group: Caregiver Collective
The SCAN Foundation Millennial Caregiving
PRINT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY CARE-GIVING OFFICE
180 MARINE STREET, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL 32084
Books available for borrowing from the COA Community Care-Giving Library:
(In alphabetical order by title)
A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease by P. Callone, C. Kudlaced, B. Vasiloff, J. Manternach, and R. Brumback MD
Alzheimer’s Essentials- Practical Skills for Caregivers by Bretten Gordeau & Jeffrey Hillier PhD
Caregiving with Laughter – A Husband’s Perspective by Steve Adzima
Caring for the Caregiver Sponsored by Parke-Davis
Coach Broyles’ Playbook for Alzheimer’s Caregivers by Frank J. Boyles
Coping with Caregiver Worries by James Sherman PhD
Daily Comfort for Caregivers Devotional Readings by Barbour Publishing Inc.
Daily Comforts for Caregivers by Pat Samples
Dementia Reconsidered – the person comes first by Tom Kitwood
Depression in the Elderly an Interdisciplinary Approach by G. Maureen Chaisson-Stewart
End of Life -Helping with Comfort and Care by NIA, NIH, US Dept. of Health & Human Services
Feeling Good – The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns MD
Generational Cooking – A story about Life and Becoming a Caregiver by L. Ratzthompson
Guidance Through the Care-Giving Journey – Into the World of Dementia by Paulette Kozlowski
He’s Doing This to Spite Me by S. Hartman MSW, LCSW, and D. Kleber PhD
Living with Grief – Alzheimer’s Disease by Hospice Foundation of America
Living in the Labrinth – A personal Journey through the Maze of Alzheimer’s by D. McGowin
Love, Loss, and Dementia by L. Austin and H. Gershbein
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
The Alzheimer’s Spouse by Mary K. Doyle
The 36-Hour Day by Nancy Mace, M.A., and Peter Rabins, M.D.
The Mind-Body Mood Solution by Jeffrey Rossman PhD
The Validation Breakthrough (Second Edition) by Naomi Feil
The Validation Training Program based on the works of Naomi Feil; Manual by V. Klerk-Rubin
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Assoc.
When Alzheimer’s Disease Strikes! By Stephen Sapp
You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello by Tom & Karen Brenner
Children’s Books:
A Window of Time by Audrey O. Leighton
Grandpa Doesn’t Know It’s Me by Donna Guthrie
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Free Handouts available at the COA: (from the LBDA, NIA, and PDF)
Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease
Facing Lewy Body Dementia Together
Frontotemporal Disorders – Information for Patients, Families, and Professionals
Lewy Body Dementia – Information for Patients, Families, and Professionals
Long-Distance Caregiving
Parkinson’s Disease resource List
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease – What Do We Know?
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease – What you need to know
Understanding Memory Loss – What to do when you have trouble Remembering
