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Expand and enrich your Best Friends activity programming with 149 all-new activities for individuals with dementia. Like the first book, this collection of fun and easy activities will add both meaning and enjoyment to the activities at your adult day center, home care setting, or residential care facility.

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. . . extremely helpful, and a book that you will reference often. Individuals with dementia, staff, and family members will enjoy the fresh ideas for creative art projects, interactive games, and evening activities . . . this collection of activities will add both meaning and enjoyment. -- (01/01/2001) The activities in this book will help any family or professional caregiver provide enrichment and dignity throughout the Alzheimer's journey. I've learned from this book and from the Best Friends philosophy that it often only takes 30 seconds to make a difference. We should all practice the Best Friends way with our residents and each other! -- (01/01/2001) Embracing the activity principles in the Best Friends model has helped us to capture the very essence of how activity programming should be for person-centered care. Our residents and staff have responded so positively to the Best Friends program that we have made Best Friends our road map to achieving excellence in dementia care. -- (01/01/2001) In addition to facilitating more creative individualized projects, this book breathes new life into activities routinely done in memory care settings. . . Occupational therapists experienced in the art of planning person-centered and occupation-based activities will appreciate the way The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities utilizes the person's life story to anchor the design process. -- (02/26/2010) http: //occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Book-Review/The-Best-Friends-Book-of-Alzheimers-Activities-Volume-2.aspx-- (02/26/2010) Our caregivers embrace the Best Friends(TM) philosophy every day, knowing that good care is about relationships and doing creative things together. This new book offers hundreds of life-affirming, creative ideas that family and professional caregivers can use at home. Highly recommended! -- (01/01/2001)

Embracing the activity principles in the Best Friends model has helped us to capture the very essence of how activity programming should be for person-centered care. Our residents and staff have responded so positively to the Best Friends program that we have made Best Friends our road map to achieving excellence in dementia care. --Jill Hess, LMSW, ACSW, Vice President, Organizational Development, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo, Kal (01/01/2001)

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Virginia Bell, M.S.W. is Program Consultant for the Greater Kentucky/Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. She is the founder of that association’s award-winning Helping Hand Adult Day Center. With David Troxel, she has co-authored numerous articles on dementia care and three books. She has lectured about the Best Friends approach in more than 20 countries. David Troxel, M.P.H., most recently served as President and CEO of the California Central Coast Alzheimer’s Association, Santa Barbara, California. Today he is a consultant and speaker for dementia and long-term care programs. He has worked in the field of dementia care since 1986 and currently serves on the Ethics Advisory Panel of the national Alzheimer’s Association. With Virginia Bell, he has co-authored numerous articles on dementia care and three books. Tonya M. Cox, M.S.W., is Vice President of Education and Programs for the Alzheimer’s Association serving greater Kentucky and southern Indiana. She began working in dementia care in 1995 in the Helping Hand Adult Day Program developing and leading activities for persons with memory loss. She also teaches and presents on activity programming and caring for persons with dementia. Robin Hamon, M.S.W., is Family Support Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Kentucky Sanders Brown Center on Aging. She worked with the Alzheimer’s Association Lexington/Bluegrass Chapter for 11 years. During her tenure as program manager for the Helping Hand Day Center, she developed a creative art training program for staff and volunteers working with persons with dementia. Her special interests are in training and providing creative arts experiences for persons with dementia.

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