01979cam a2200289 i 4500 611001598 TxAuBib 20170726120000.0 160314s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781557537607 1557537607 (OCoLC)944463502 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX OCLCQ IPL OCLCF CQU TDS TxAuBib rda Brackey, Jolene. Creating moments of joy [Book] : along the Alzheimer's journey / Jolene Brackey. Fifth edition, revised and expanded. West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2017] ©2017. xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of moments. We are not able to create perfectly wonderful days for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, but we can create perfectly wonderful moments, moments that put a smile on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes. Five minutes later, they will not remember what we did or said, but the feeling that we left them with will linger. The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves. Alzheimer's disease Patients Care. Caregivers. Quality of life.