The Dementia Care Partner's Workbook: A Guide for Understanding, Education, and Hope - Paperback

by Edward G. Shaw (Author)

The Dementia Care Partner's Workbook includes a forward by world-renown dementia educator Teepa Snow, who said, "This resource offers what is so needed in dementia care: a combination of practical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual support for those who have to make the journey. This workbook provides individual family members with greater awareness, knowledge, and skill to improve life, relationships, and care throughout the disease process."

Author Biography

Dr. Edward G. Shaw is a physician and mental health counselor. He was also the primary caregiver for his wife, Rebecca, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease at age 54 in 2008, and died at age 62 in 2016. Dr. Shaw is the founder and director of the Memory Counseling Program in Geriatric Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health's Sticht Center.