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     Whether it be Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, or another condition involving memory loss, receiving a dementia diagnosis is life-altering.  For the diagnosed, the caregivers, and the loved ones, resources provided by organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), Alzheimer’s Association (AA), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) are helpful and essential initial stops on the journey with dementia.  Each provides reputable facts about the various illnesses and their symptoms, prevalence, and treatments.  The information still requires further supplementation, however, to aid and educate individuals with dementia and their caregivers in the day-to-day activities and challenges of life with this progressive disease. Despite how common the illness is – 10 million individuals worldwide are diagnosed with some form of dementia each year and 50 million people are currently living with it – knowledge of how to best interact with and provide appropriate care for those with a dementia diagnosis is not inherently held by each person it affects (WHO, 2020).

 

     Additionally, when the popular press emphasizes prevention of or cures for future dementia cases over publication of useful and practical steps and skills for the here-and-now of dementia, caregivers of currently diagnosed individuals do not receive support or learn appropriate skills in their present-day journey.  Therefore, it is important to have a place (amidst the distractions, overstimulation, and misinformation that can and do appear) that pulls together the best, reliable, and most helpful information that mass media has to offer about dementia and its treatment on the daily.  This guidebook aims to do just that. I hope you find this website helpful on your journey with dementia!