Helping Handbooks
The IOG, with assistance from family caregivers at the DMC West Nursing Home (Southfield, MI), compiled the "Helping Handbooks" series to assist caregivers whose loved ones are living in a nursing home. Click on the links below to view or to download a free copy (PDF). Appropriate for all health care professionals and families of individuals in long-term care.
Helping Handbooks
Making the most of visits to nursing home residents who have dementia
Taking care of yourself while taking care of a loved one who's in a nursing home
Understanding and dealing with problem behaviors of nursing home residents
Mental health and nursing home residents
Living with loss: When a loved one dies in a nursing home
"Prolonging Vitality" compiled by the American Psychological Association