Insightful Handbook for Alzheimer's Caregivers

Seasoned Professional Caregiver Deanna Lueckenotte Offers Tips, Techniques and
Heartfelt Stories

HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing in the number of those
afflicted, Alzheimer's takes more loved ones every year. In the new guidebook
for caregivers, "Alzheimer's Days Gone By: For Those Caring For Their Loved
Ones" (published by AuthorHouse), Deanna Lueckenotte weaves a heartfelt mix of
personal experience and sound advice on a myriad of topics related to the care
of loved ones during the descent into dementia.

Concise, insightful and effortlessly readable, Lueckenotte purposefully leaves
out the clinical underpinnings of Alzheimer's and instead focuses on creating
a "compass to help the caregiver find what 'tool' they are looking for at that
very moment." Covering a variety of issues and concerns that can arise at any
moment on any day along an Alzheimer's caregiver's journey, "Alzheimer's Days
Gone By" includes topics on how to take care of yourself, common behaviors,
communicating, research, an overview of dementia, home safety, a holiday
survival guide, external resources, daily activities and much more.

Overflowing with valuable information, "Alzheimer's Days Gone By" also offers
advice on the overlooked aspects of caregiving, included in chapters like
"Forget me Knots," discussing topics of driving, sexual issues, funeral home
arrangements and lifestyle enhancement. The area of lifestyle enhancement is
neglected by other books within the genre because of the assumption that the
caregiver is unable to assess the patient's quality of life or improve it.
Lueckenotte dispels this notion and elaborates upon different areas in which
readers can improve their loved ones' quality of life in a failure-free
environment. Lastly, chapters like "Light in the Tunnel" feature a compilation
of touching stories that any reader will relate to and benefit from reading.

Ideal for caregivers, nursing students, paramedics and pastors, "Alzheimer's
Days Gone By" arms readers with the tools they need to survive their
caregiving journey and not lose sight of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Motivated to learn more about the disease when her grandmother developed
dementia during the '90s, when relatively little was known about Alzheimer's,
Lueckenotte gives readers the information they need to face the disease with
strength and courage.

Deanna Lueckenotte received her bachelor's degree in psychology from
University of North Texas in Denton and plans to continue her education and
pursue opportunities in the geriatric field. She has spent nine years working
with patients in long term care, receiving her social work license, assisted
living certification and license for work as a nursing facility administrator.
She works closely with Alzheimer's patients and caregivers and currently works
as an executive director of an Alzheimer's assisted living center in central
Texas. She and her husband, Bryan, have a 10-year-old son, Taylor, and two
Labrador Retrievers.

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