Tools for Caregivers

These are resources, documents, forms we have found useful and helpful and want to share with you. Suggestions for additions are also welcome.

We want to provide you with as much information as possible that will help make your journey easier and will also gladly exchange links with sites of relevance.

If you have a relevant link or form you would like to share with others or would care to exchange a link with us, please fill in the form BELOW and we will happily accommodate.

Helpful Documents / Forms:

• Emergency Room List (pdf) - What you should always have ready to take with you.
• Hospital Form (pdf) - Keep in your ER Kit.
• The Revised Beers Criteria (Medication List pdf) - Drugs by use and safety. 2012
• The Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (pdf) - Divided into 3 levels of risk. 2011.
• Anticholinergics and the Elderly-Detail document (pdf) - Compiled from several sources. 2011.
• Caregiver List - Connects you with services in your home state.
• Read How You Want - Select your Region to order books in Braille(Daisy and mp3 format)
• Free Teepa Snow YouTube Video Links - Links to Easy to Understand Videos about Everything You WANT and NEED to know about Dementia and Caring for a Loved One. Videos are segmented into groups for Family Members and Professionals

Helpful Articles:

• Whitworth H (2007) Barbara and Bill Hutchinson, Travelers Extraordinaire. First published in the LBDA Lewy Body Digest, Spring 2007.

Recommended Sites:

• Lewy Body Dementia Assn. - The premier source of caregiver information on Lewy Body Dementia
• Family Caregiver Alliance. - Lot's of great information via its Family Care Navigator.
• Alzheimer's and Dementia Weekly. - Good articles on dementia
• Teepa Snow Home Page - A must see!
• HugsHelen Graphic Arts - To save your loved one's history in photos.
• Lewy Body Dementia: Learning to Live with Lewy Body Dementia
• Elderville.org - Resources for ALL Elders