• Additional Information

• Culture and Language Resources
• Reducing the Risk
• Getting a Diagnosis
• Living Well with Dementia - If you have Dementia
• Living Well with Dementia - For Caregivers
• Daily Living - Planning & Safety
• Personal, Legal and Financial Decisions
• Working with your Health Care Team

Daily Living - Planning & Safety

Whether you are a caregiver or have dementia yourself, the journey with dementia will cause changes to your day-to-day life. Making some simple changes to your environment, or the way you do things, can help to keep you safe.

Practical Resources for Daily Living

• Booklet written by people with early dementia (booklet – electronic version requires assembly), Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
  Living Alone, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• I have Alzheimer Disease – Living With the Disease, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Audio "booklet" Shared Experiences, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• ‘Just for You – for People Diagnosed with Alzheimer Dementia’, Alzheimer Society of Canada Booklet – Available If you have dementia or care for someone with dementia via the Dementia Helpline at 604.681.8651 in the Lower Mainland or toll–free at 1.800.936.6033

Personal Care

Dementia & Mealtimes – Tips for Family & Caregivers, Vancouver Coastal Health

The Alzheimer Society of Canada has a number of easy to read, practical resources to help with personal care:

• Daily Living
  • Bathing
  • Toileting
  • Personal care
  • Meal Time
• Activities – Things to Do, Alzheimer Society of Canada

Providing care to people with Dementia

• Common Behavior: a fact sheet with some practical tips by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Safely Home/The BC Photo Registry, Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
• Safely Home Program Brochure, Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
• Decision-making: Respecting Individual Choice, Alzheimer Society of Canada

Home Renovation, Resources & Equipment

• Tracking devices, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Tips for maintaining a safe environment, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Booklet – At Home with Alzheimer’s Disease – Useful Additions to the Home Environment, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Maintaining seniors’ independence through home adaptation, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Preventing falls on stairs, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• The ‘Home Adaptations for Seniors’ Program: (HASI)
• The Safe Living Guide, Health Canada falls prevention tips
• ‘Safe Living for Seniors’ Falls Prevention tips, Public Health Agency of Canada