Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, Pauline Boss, PhD
Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, Pauline Boss, PhD
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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia
How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief

Author: Pauline Boss, PhD

Narrator: Leslie Howard

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/28/2019


Synopsis

Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia

Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of eighty-five are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, and neighbors, as well as educators and professionals—anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss"—having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent.

● Outlines seven guidelines to stay resilient while caring for someone who has dementia

● Discusses the meaning of relationships with individuals who are cognitively impaired and no longer as they used to be

● Offers approaches to understand and cope with the emotional strain of care-giving

Boss's book builds on research and clinical experience, yet the material is presented as a conversation. She shows you a way to embrace rather than resist the ambiguity in your relationship with someone who has dementia.

About Pauline Boss, PhD

Pauline Boss, PhD, is emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota and was visiting professor at Harvard Medical School, 1995-1996, and Hunter School of Social Work, 2004-2005. She is best known for her groundbreaking research as the pioneer theorist and clinical practitioner of stress reduction for people whose loved ones are ambiguously lost.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nichole on February 19, 2022

I don’t regret reading this, but I also probably wouldn’t recommend it. I have read several positive reviews, though, of it and so if this book has helped people, that is great. Most of it I found vague, repetitive and unhelpful. It also includes a lot of unnecessary detail. Many sentences start wit......more

Goodreads review by Janet on September 03, 2012

This is the best book that I have ever read! I want to buy a case to distribute to others who might know a caregiver for a loved one with dementia. I just finished it but want to immediately start over and read it again. I have never said that about a book. You should see all my markings already fil......more

Goodreads review by Marianne on February 23, 2019

At almost every page, I said aha. Indeed it is how I felt and the advice offered was wonderful.......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on February 21, 2023

Pauline Boss's work around "ambiguous loss" is really insightful. The writing style of this particular book is very, very simple and straightforward -- sometimes to an annoying extent.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 11, 2024

Very helpful!......more