From our readers of “An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party”
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“Insight on how to open our minds and hearts to the person who is suffering from the disease is invaluable.”
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“I bought one copy of your book and am so impressed that I am now buying ten copies so that I may have copies available to family members of persons with dementia, and am also going to give copies …
Training Resource ~ An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party
“Speaking as a professional psychologist, teacher, and trainer, I highly recommend An Alzheimer’s Surprise Party as an exceptional training tool not only for professionals, but also for family members, friends and caregivers.
It is exceptional because Tom and Stan have made it interactive. They do not simply present abstract psychological concepts, but develop detailed reality based personal experiences enhanced with clear concise observations, structure, and …
Words of appreciation
“He visitado su sitio y lo encuentro excelente. Soy medico especialista en Gerontologia y Geriatria. En estos momentos estoy tratando de verticalizarme en le tema de los trastornos cognitivos, en especifico las dementias. Su sitio web me es de gran utilidad.
Sin mas, agradecida.”
DRA. NIURKA CASCUDO
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“Thanks, Tom, for your precious work and love and sensitivity working with people at the ends of life in situations where normally they are …
Coma Work ~ One family’s experience with structural coma
A 35 year old man suffers a heart attack causing oxygen deprivation to the brain resulting in diffuse brain damage leaving him in a structural coma and persistent “vegetative state.”
The family is told there is “nobody home” and no hope of any degree of recovery. They are advised to “warehouse” him with a maintenance care order only.
Finding this medical advice to be unacceptable, the family retains Sentient Care for a …
Early Stage Alzheimer’s
AN ALZHEIMER’S SELF PORTRAIT
This “picture of Alzheimer’s” was drawn by a 76 year old woman in her third year of early stage Alzheimer’s, who was still capable of independent living.
Her “self” portrait depicts her personal experience of Alzheimer’s as “outside float” and “floating around” like “Casper, the friendly ghost.”
Six months after Sentient Care work with her and her family, which included this sketching exercise, her daughter reports,
“Mom is still floating, …
