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Book: What My Grandchildren Taught Me about Alzheimer’s Disease

Chapter: “It’s Their Business": Dignity, Respect and the Dining Experience

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43544

Blurb:

Adapting to the individual’s nutritional needs, maintaining hydration, setting up a conducive environment, and learning specific strategies for dining out can help caregivers find greater purpose and meaning in caregiving as “connecting” at mealtimes provides a sense of stability, rhythm, and structure in each other’s lives while maintaining the dignity of the individual with Alzheimer’s.

Chapter Contributors

  • Dana Olivia Dunn Territo (thememorywhisperer@gmail.com - dterrito) 'Advocate for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease'