We have a number of resource libraries throughout the province. Our collection includes books and videos for people in the early stages of the disease, family members, caregivers and health professionals. 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. BOOK AND VIDEO REVIEWS As a part of our commitment to provide information that helps people cope with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, a team of volunteer reviewers has provided the following reviews. These are just a few of the many books and videos available. See below for links to purchase these books from amazon.ca. See "Support Us!", at right, for details. The Best Friend's Approach to Alzheimer's Care – By Virginia Bell & David Troxel. Health Professions Press, Inc., 1997, 2003 (250 Pages). The authors of The Best Friend’s Approach to Alzheimer’s Care have identified a sensible approach to caregiving of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Click here for more... Review by Donna Bailey.

New reviews are posted quarterly.  Review policy  Non-English resources  “Making the Connection” reading list * 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. SUPPORT US! If you shop at amazon.ca, please come to the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s Web site, follow the amazon.ca book links or use the search box above, and make your purchase as usual using your amazon.ca account. We are member of the amazon.ca Associates Program. We place links to amazon.ca on our site in exchange for a small percentage of sales that result when our visitors follow these special links to place an order with amazon.ca.

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s centers on learning how to care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Review by Lorraine Welch.

It started with a small ad in the Guardian newspaper. A tiny ad for someone to care for an elderly lady with Alzheimer’s in Canada.
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Review by Kerry McPhedran.

Other book reviews:

• Losing My Mind, Thomas DeBaggio
• Share My Lonesome Valley – the Slow Grief of Long-term Care Givers, Doug Manning
• The House on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Learning and Forgetting, Elizabeth Cohen
• Dancing with Dementia: My story of living positively with dementia, Christine Bryden
• Talking to Alzheimer’s, Claudia J. Strauss
• The stranger in the plumed Hat / a memoir, Irena F. Karafilly
• Forgetting? Age or disease related?, G. Earl Smith
• The Okinawa Program, Bradley J. Wilcox, D. Craig Wilcox, Makato Suzuki

This video provides viewers with a frank and vivid sense of what it is like to live with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as how they have adjusted their lives to meet the new and unfamiliar needs and demands of the illness. Seven people talk openly about the impact of the disease on their lives, about their feelings and how they and those they love are coping.
Click here for more...Review by Allison Connolly.