Understanding Difficult Behaviors 

Understanding Difficult Behavior Problems:  Some Practical Suggestions for Coping with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Illnesses by Anne Robinson, Beth Spencer and Laurie White*  

Hopefully you already will have heard about this popular handbook which was written by three well-known professionals in the field of dementia and reprinted in 2007.  This classic and practical book was written to help professional and family caregivers understand the many possible explanations for the causes of behaviors related to dementia. Understanding the reasons for why these behaviors may be occurring can help caregivers learn ways to prevent or minimize predicaments from happening.  Practical coping strategies for responding to behaviors such as agitation, wandering, delusions, and aggression are also discussed.  

This easy-to-read handbook can be a helpful resource for families and staff in a variety of settings to reference when responding to daily caregiving dilemmas.  It can also be used by staff development coordinators when teaching caregivers about a problem-solving process for responding to challenging behaviors. Many community colleges and universities are including this reference as a reading in their courses on dementia.  

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Over 225,000 copies of Understanding Difficult Behaviors have been sold internationally. This is a time tested resource.

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*The handbook was developed at Eastern Michigan University in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association-Great Lakes Chapter (formerly the South Central Michigan Alzheimer's Chapter) and the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan, under the auspices of an Alzheimer's Caregiver Education Program grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health (formerly the Michigan Department of Mental Health).  Printing of the original version of this publication was underwritten in part by the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan which was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Subsequent reprintings have been supported in part by the Michigan Department of Community Health Caregiver Education Program as part of an in-kind match from the DHS/HRSA Alzheimer's Demonstration Project grants.