JAB recommended a book yesterday called "Creating moments of Joy"..Jolene Brackley..so I went on google and looked up an excerpt from the book and OMG...what I would have given to have this at the beginning of my journey with dad...it is very specific in explaining the "why" of our LO's behaviours...

Here is the link and Thank you so much JAB

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/onca...ry?id=5326334&page=3

Loved it!
kim

Wow, this is quite amazing!

The entire book is amazing.

The title sounds very Pollyanna-ish, but it's actually the most insightful and practical book around, jam-packed with great tips and all sorts of examples. It's paperback, costs very little, and worth its weight in gold.

And the thanks, of course, go to Jolene Brackey.

I'm going to order the book today. I think I'll order one for my sister as well.

GREAT artical. i will be ordering it too if i dont forget!!! thanks!!!

I also ordered it a few weeks ago, based on JAB's recommendation. It is a very special book, with lots of info about how to help our loved ones feel secure and happy with themselves and their surroundings.

Thanks to the author and JAB too !

Yes this was a very informative link. I will try to order this book for family members just being diagnosed recently with AD.

There are other links from this ABC site concerning AD, although not really up to date but informative.

Like this one about implanting a microchip to identify loved ones if they wander off and get lost. Although, I couldn't find any recent updates on this. Sorry, you have to watch the commercial first.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3536139

Here's an article about similar idea being used in the UK. It was written July 21, 2009.

"ON THE BUTTON

A high-tech button, which is attached to clothes, is being used to help look after patients with dementia.

The button contains a tiny microchip that records who owns the garment and whether they carry an infection that could spread.

It also records whether they have allergies or skin complaints that mean their clothes must be washed in a certain way.

The technology, already in use in several residential homes in Nottingham, is mainly designed to address the problem of care-home residents being dressed in other people's clothes.

Experts say many dementia sufferers become distressed when they cannot identify their own clothing. It also increases the risk of life-threatening infections being spread within homes.

MRSA, for example, is thought to survive on clothing for several days and is a major hazard among the elderly in care.

The buttons, which measure just over centimetre in diameter, use a form of technology called Radiofrequency Identification to store the crucial information.

This is the same kind of technology often used by large companies to keep track of stock levels and movements.

Using a hand-held device, staff key in the patient's name, their allergy details and whether they have an infection - this information is then transmitted to a microchip inside the button.

Waving the same device over an item of clothing displays all this information so the clothes can be distributed correctly.

The button has proved such a success that Nottingham City Council, which pioneered its use, won an award from the Department of Health and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement."

Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/yatud3a

You have to scroll to the middle of the page to get to this section as the title of the article is
"How a skin test can detect the early signs of dementia"

I'm starting a new thread just for that part of the article because it's so mind boggling (to me anyway.) I think it deserves it's own thread and comments. Am I off base on this? I feel like I'm nuts most of the time anyway.
K