Day to Day: Living With Dementia
A Mayo Clinic guide for offering care and support
Adjusting to a diagnosis and planning for the future are key steps to adapting to life with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Another vital step is to find ways to optimize well-being. The chapters in this book offer valuable information and strategies for living well and living day-to-day with dementia.
Just as there's no right or wrong way to feel about a dementia diagnosis, every person's path to accepting and living with it is different. This book provides just the kind of support that health care providers strive to offer in their offices every day.
In this informative guide, you will learn:
- The effects of adjusting to a diagnosis of dementia
- Charting a way forward after a diagnosis and staying connected
- Strategies for living well and coping with caregiver stress and burnout
- How to create a dementia-friendly environment
- The importance of both formal and informal support
- Planning for the end of life
No matter where you are in the dementia journey, Day to Day: Living With Dementia is a valuable resource that will help you create a plan for navigating day-to-day living with dementia. No matter what, you have support — and this book is one way we can ensure that.
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Day to Day: Living With Dementia
You are not alone.
Most dementia caregivers find that the first, and sometimes most difficult step, is accepting the diagnosis and adjusting to a new normal. In "Day to Day: Living With Dementia," Angela Lunde, M.A., an expert in dementia care at Mayo Clinic, helps you take that first step and chart your path toward living well, even in the face of dementia.
For over 20 years, Ms. Lunde has made it her mission to improve emotional well-being and quality of life for those living with dementia and their care partners. This book gives you the research-backed strategies Ms. Lunde applies in her work every day.
We fully believe that the more you understand your disease and possible treatment options, the better you'll be able to live fully.
Medical Editor
Angela M. Lunde, M.A., has worked in dementia care, education and research for over 20 years as an associate in neurology in the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Ms. Lunde is involved in numerous partnerships focused on reducing stigma and supporting the inclusion and voice of people living with dementia. Her interests are focused on understanding the experience of living with dementia and the caregiving role. Her research and innovations center on addressing the emotional health and psychosocial needs of care partners and family systems to recognize greater potential for well-being. Ms. Lunde is co-medical editor of Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, has authored published peer-reviewed articles, has written numerous articles and book chapters, and has maintained an expert blog on dementia caregiving for more than a decade.
