Free Kindle Alzheimer's related ebook

[greenengland]

Hi all. One of my Facebook friends sent me this link to a free info book she found on Amazon.

I don't know how long it will be available for free though.

HERE IS THE LINK

If you don't have a Kindle (I don't) you can download the Amazon Kindle for the PC for free too which you can add other books to.

The info in the book is pretty basic but I thought if people here knew they could have Kindle on their PC for free they could add other books they might find helpful without breaking the bank

[dizzywizzy]

I have a Kindle app on my ipad so I have downloaded it many thanks for the information

[Izzy]

Thanks. I'll download it tomorrow.

[jeany123]

Thank you I put it on my laptop kindle ,

Jeany x

[zeeeb]

apparently, i can't download it because it's not available for Australians... Pler!

[jeany123]

Zeeb try this one I think this is for America, Australia and other countries I know I tried to download one from here before and it directed me to the U,K site
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Memories-...ther+dementias


It's free there for now as well

[Izzy]

Have now downloaded it. Thanks.

[greenengland]

Thanks everyone replying to let me know how you got on.

I only found out yesterday that there is a free Kindle for a pc.

I don't have Kindle, a laptop or anything else to add books to so I was dead chuffed to find out about this.

[zigandzag]

Thank you so much for this - I have been hunting for a suitable book to read for a while.

and I too didn't realise that you could download kindle onto a pc.

Thank you for the tip.

[Katrine]

Thanks for the link GreenEngland, I have downloaded the book and read it (it's quite short). The general outline of dementia types and progression is very useful.

The second half of the book directs caregivers down the, apparently, inevitable path towards a nursing care facility which are (because the book is written by a nurse) ALL lovely places to live. She makes a good point that the person needs social interaction with peers which often ceases when they are trapped at home by their circumstances, unable to see anyone but family and paid caregivers.

I find the American care model interesting, but I am puzzled at the obvious differences between this and what we experience in the UK. It seems as if in the USA that relatives reach a point where they decide residential care is in the best interests of their loved one and then just 'put' them there. There doeesn't seem to be any discussion with the person involved, or with health/welfare experts in determining whether this is in the person's best interests. It just seems to come down to whether the family can continue to cope in providing support at home and if they can't, or won't, then they make the decision on behalf of the person involved.

There also seems to be plenty of choice in places to be 'put'. It doesn't seem like our experience of hunting round for suitable places that are an acceptable compromise between Dotheboys Hall and The Dorchester; that can be afforded by the person with dementia; and that have a vacancy for the relevant kind of dementia and/or physical disability.

Don't these elderly Americans also demand to "go home", and why don't their social welfare people assist in their misguided escape fantasies as per Isabella's mum and others where the elderly person is deemed to have the right to choose where they live? Is it because the US system is designed to move everyone to assisted living and then CHs/NHs, with the paying customers having no choice to live at home unless they organise visiting/live-in caregivers for themselves?

And what about poor people in the US; I'm sure they can't just turn up at their local elder care facility and say "it's time for Grandma to come live here, so here's her suitcase and we'll visit next Saturday".
I think not; money must be a factor in whether this is accessible, just as it is here. However the author of the book does mention Medicare credits or some such, so perhaps all US citizens do have an entitlement to some form of residential care?

Since our current model here in the UK is not sustainable or affordable and is crumbling around us, improving awareness of the models available in other countries IS useful. If better things are achieved in other countries through different taxation and funding methods, let us have a look at what works and what does not, especially for people who don't have private means. This is why I am always fascinated by TP members's experiences in Europe and Australia for example, as well as in the USA.