From those who have shouldered it themselves, learn how to deal with the physical and emotional burden caregivers experience. The video's short, easily viewed segments let you focus on or review specific skills:
• Gaining control over a demanding daily routine
• Reducing stress
• Averting burnout, or "compassion fatigue"
• Preparing for when your loved one leaves home
• Dealing with natural feelings of helplessness, anger,
resentment and guilt
Hands-On Skills Volume 2 | 45 minutes | DVD
You'll see step-by-step demonstrations of key caregiving skills you'll use every day, such as:
• Caring for bed-ridden patients
• Assistance with walking
• Transferring from a bed to a chair
• Dressing, grooming and hygiene
• Assessment techniques
• Home safety
Essential Knowledge Volume 3 | 48 minutes | DVD
Healthcare professionals share vital information every caregiver needs to know, including:
• Communicating with a loved one
• Administering medications and understanding interactions
• Avoiding and controlling infection
• Wound care and preventing bed sores
• Ensuring proper nutrition
In this volume you’ll learn about the nature of Alzheimer’s, its causes and the stages of the disease. You’ll also learn some of the typical symptoms, how to obtain a diagnosis and the current treatments. Finally, you’ll learn how the disease affects our loved ones and alters the reality in which they live. Volume one covers:
• Overview of Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
• Symptoms
• Diagnosis
• Stages of Alzheimer's
• Treatment
• Telling Others
• Patient perspective
Behavior Issues Volume 2 | 67 minutes | VHS | DVD
Alzheimer’s changes almost everything about the way our loved ones perceive the world—and how they respond to it. One of the keys to helping our loved ones continue to live as successfully as possible is to understand this changed, strange world. In this volume you’ll learn more about how Alzheimer’s affects our loved ones—and how those effects typically change the person’s behavior. You’ll also learn successful strategies for “redirecting” that behavior in ways that help your loved one and your family enjoy a better quality of life. Volume two covers:
As you come to understand more about the altered world of an Alzheimer’s sufferer, you’ll learn effective strategies for making your home environment a safe place where your loved one can live successfully. You’ll also learn key skills for communicating with persons suffering from Alzheimer’s and how to create a daily routine that is nurturing for your loved one and manageable for you. Volume three covers:
• Home Environment
• Driving
• Adult Emotions
• Communication
• Daily Routine
Family Caregiving Volume 4 | 62 minutes | VHS | DVD
In this volume, you’ll learn how to handle the daily responsibilities of caring for a loved one, such as eating, dressing, grooming and bathing. Just as important, you’ll learn how to get the outside help from family, friends and other resources that can be critical for safeguarding your own health. Volume four covers:
• Role of the Caregiver
• Taking Care of Yourself
• Accepting Support
• Respite
• Sexual Relationships
• Family Relationships
• Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Eating
• Bathing
• Dressing
Transitions Volume 5 | 44 minutes | VHS | DVD
In this final volume, you’ll learn how to make some difficult transitions. You’ll learn how to adapt social activities to accommodate your loved one’s increasing disability and isolation. You’ll also learn how to recognize when the time has come to consider moving your loved one to a care facility (and how to evaluate these facilities). You’ll learn how the disease affects a person’s spirituality, and you’ll gain insights from others who have gone through the process of grieving the loss of a loved one for whom they have provided years of care. Volume five covers:
• Social Activites
• Spiritual Issues
• Care Facilities
• Grief
