Useful Publications
Below find leaflets (pdf format) containing information you might find useful:
Diagnosis - what is Alzheimer’s disease / dementia:
- Alzheimer' disease - early Symptoms and diagnosis
- Who’s who in dementia care
- Understanding and respecting the person with dementia
Practical Tips for Daily Living:
- Coping with memory loss
- Communication
- Maintaining Skills
- Unusual behaviour
- Aggressive behaviour
- Wandering
- Activities
- Sleeping
- Eating
- Dressing
- Bathing & Washing
- Sexual Difficulties
- Continence Management
- Pressure Sores
- Hallucinations and delusions
Planning for the Future
- Legal and Financial Arrangements
- Driving and dementia
- Safety in the Home
- When a person with dementia lives alone
Looking After You
- Carers - looking after yourself
- Staying Healthy
- Feelings of Guilt
- Explaining to Children
- Grief and bereavement
Information about Nursing Homes and residential Care
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Guidelines to Choosing a Nursing Home.
This guide provides practical hints and tips on choosing a Nursing Home for a person with dementia, it also contains information about meeting the cost of private nursing homes and nursing home subvention schemes.
Please contact the Alzheimer National Helpline at 1800 341 341 or helpline@alzheimer.ie to obtain a copy.
The Life Story Book
Life Story Books are a well established and excellent method of communication with people with dementia and offer family, friends a professionals a greater insight into the person, their life and history.The Society’s Waterford Services Manager in conjunction with the Waterford Branch and Southern Regional Office have published a Life Story Book for people with dementia and their families. The publication offers space to collect photograph’s and other memorabilia for the person with dementia to look through and reminisce with. It covers areas such as home, school days, working life and special memories.
Caregiver’s Diary
The diary helps to ensure a person-centred approach to care by providing a practical resource to record a person’s personal details (date of birth, contact details etc), their history (family members, past occupation, etc.), likes and dislikes (foods, music etc) and routine. The aim of the diary is to provide a full and rounded picture of the person with dementia which can then be used by staff in any service the person with dementia may avail of in the future, whether that be day care, home care or residential care.
The diary is available free of charge through our Helpline service at 1800 341 341 or by emailing helpline@alzheimer.ie
The Society is most grateful to Shire Pharmaceuticals for supporting this publication.
Stories of Caring
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland’s Galway Branch produced a book entitled Stories of Caring which outlines the experience of some carers of people with dementia. This bilingual publication is available at a cost of €8 - contact our Galway office at 091 561 556 to order your copy.
Other information and useful resources are available in the Resources section.