Each of our Alzheimer Resource Centres has a small library of books and videos available for loan to the public. Our collection includes books and videos for people in the early stages of dementia, family members, caregivers and health professionals.

Read reviews of fiction and non-fiction publications about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and decide which ones might be of interest to you.

A team of volunteer reviewers has provided the following opinion pieces. These are just a few of the many books and videos available.
Some of the following resources may be available for loan from your local Alzheimer Resource Centre library. You can also order most of them through your local bookstore.

Where available, reviews contain a link to purchase the book from Amazon.ca.

For more information or to borrow material, contact your local Alzheimer Resource Centre or call our Provincial Office at 604-681-6530 in the Lower Mainland, toll-free at 1-800-667-3742.  And if you are interested in reviewing a book or video, please send us an email.

Book Reviews

Please note that the Alzheimer Society of B.C. does not have copies of all books listed below. Please contact your local Alzheimer Resource Centre and we will be happy to assist you in finding resources that will meet your needs.

Title (click for review) Author
A Year on Planet Alzheimer and a little longer in Canada Carolyn Steele
The Best Friend's Approach to Alzheimer's Care Virginia Bell, David Troxel
Dancing with Dementia: My story of living positively with dementia Christine Bryden
Dark Times Ann Walsh, editor
Different Minds/ Living with Alzheimer Disease Lorna Drew, Leo C. Ferrari
Drawn From Memory - A Personal Story of Healing through Art E.J.Cockey
The Experience of Alzheimer’s Disease: Life Through a Tangled Veil Steven R. Sabat
Forget-Me-Not – A Memoir of Anne Bashkiroff’s Alzheimer’s Crusade Gail Bernice Holland
Forgetting? Age or disease related? G. Earl Smith
The Glass Seed: The Fragile Beauty of Heart, Mind & Memory Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting Elizabeth Cohen
Keep Your Brain Young Guy McKhann, M.D., Marilyn Albert Ph.D.
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's Joanne Koening Coste
Losing My Mind Thomas DeBaggio
Mental Fitness for Life/ 7 Steps to Healthy Aging Sandra Cusack, Wendy Thompson
Mile High Apple Pie Laura Langston, Lindsey Gardener (illustrator)
The Okinawa Program Bradley J. Wilcox, D. Craig Wilcox, Makato Suzuki
The Passion of Loving: The Congruent Compassionate Approach In Caring for People with Loss of Autonomy Micheline Paré
The Person with Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathways to Understanding the Experience Phyllis Braudy Harris
The Stranger in the Plumed Hat / a memoir Irena F. Karafilly
Share My Lonesome Valley – the Slow Grief of Long-term Care Givers Doug Manning
Talking to Alzheimer’s Claudia J. Strauss
We Rage, We Weep: A Rural Caregiver’s Experiences Coping with Alzheimer’s Disease June Fuller Moulton
When a Family Member has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver Susan M. McCurry
You Staying Young: The Owners Manual for Extending your Warranty Michael Roizen, Mehmet Oz
Younger People with Dementia Sylvia Cox, John Keady

 

Video Reviews

Please note that the Alzheimer Society of B.C. does not have copies of all videos listed below. Please contact your local Alzheimer Resource Centre and we will be happy to assist you in finding resources that will meet your needs.

Title (click for review) Author
VIDEO: Alzheimer’s Disease: Natural Feeding Techniques Terra Nova Films, Inc., Chicago (14 minutes)
VIDEO: I Have Alzheimer Disease: A Chronicle of Human Experience The Alzheimer Society Belleville, 2005 (22 minutes).
VIDEO: Recognising and Responding to Emotions in Persons with Dementia Terra Nova Films, Inc., Chicago, 1997 (25 minutes)
VIDEO: Sundown: Coping with Alzheimer’s Video Unlimited Productions, 1988. (17 minutes)
VIDEO: A Time to Care – Activities of Daily Living Macdaniel Ronalter Video Productions, 2004. (45 minutes)
VIDEO: You’ll Never Be Alone: A Daughter’s Story of Her Father’s Journey Video by Themmfishes Productions

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* Disclaimer: Although these book and video reviews are evaluated and edited, the opinions expressed do not represent the views of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.