Discover Impactful Interventions in Caregiving for Dementia
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Taming the Chaos of Dementia Now Available in Paperback
Good news! My award-winning book, Taming the Chaos of Dementia: A Caregiver's Guide to Interventions That Make a Difference, is now available in an affordable paperback edition.
Whether you are caring for a spouse, parent, family member, friend, or supporting people living with dementia professionally, this book provides practical, evidence-informed strategies that can immediately improve daily life.
Rather than focusing solely on medications, Taming the Chaos of Dementia explores therapeutic interventions that reduce stress, improve communication, and create calmer, more meaningful experiences for both caregivers and those living with dementia. Topics include:
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Creating supportive home environments
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Using light, color, nature, and sensory experiences therapeutically
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Reducing agitation and anxiety
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Supporting independence and dignity
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Meaningful engagement and positive distractions
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Technology and environmental strategies that make caregiving easier
As a caregiver for both my mother and my husband, I learned that small changes in the environment often make the biggest difference. Together with my daughter, environmental scientist Dr. Sharon Pochron, we wrote this book to share practical tools that families and professionals can begin using immediately.
We are delighted that the book continues to help families, healthcare organizations, and dementia care professionals around the world.
Now available in paperback.
Bloomsbury is currently offering 20% off the paperback using the flyer discount code GLR BD8 (subject to availability and publisher terms).
NEW RELEASE: Caring Through Chaos —Notebook for Dementia Caregivers
Launched at the 2025 Northern Virginia Dementia Care Consortium
We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of our newest book, Caring Through Chaos: Notebook for Dementia Caregivers, co-authored by Barbara J. Huelat and Ruth Shea.
This essential notebook was unveiled today at the 2025 Northern Virginia Dementia Care Consortium, one of the region’s most trusted gatherings for dementia caregivers, professionals, and advocates. We were honored to introduce the book directly to those who need it most.
Caring Through Chaos is designed as a practical, deeply personal tool to help caregivers preserve the story, history, preferences, and personhood of someone living with dementia. It offers gentle structure, guided prompts, and the space to record what truly matters—what comforts, what delights, what soothes, what sparks connection.
Created for both home caregivers and care-facility teams, this notebook helps ensure that every person living with dementia is known, understood, and cared for with dignity.
Are you a dementia caregiver?
You need this book!
Taming the Chaos of Dementia:
A Caregiver's Guide to Interventions that Make a Difference
A hopeful and practical guide to taming the challenges of dementia with creative interventions inspired by real stories of sufferers and caregivers alike.
This book supports the journey—taken by both the caregiver and the person with dementia—providing loved ones with practical recommendations and enriched with human empathy. This book helps decode dementia's visceral world and supports non-cognitive human experiences. Barbara Huelat offers design interventions that support the family caregivers in functional and emotional outcomes.
Taming the Chaos of Dementia, A Caregiver's Guide to Interventions that Make a Difference
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Cutting-edge Insights: Dive into the forefront of dementia care with a spotlight on the hottest trends reshaping the field.
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Latest Research Breakthroughs: Stay ahead of the curve with up-to-the-minute updates on groundbreaking studies and discoveries in dementia care.
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Practical Caregiver Playbook: Equip yourself with a comprehensive toolkit of actionable strategies and guidelines designed to empower caregivers in their journey.
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How it works:
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Empowerment Hub: Unlock the power of knowledge and resources, empowering caregivers to navigate the complexities of dementia care with confidence and clarity.
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Human Connection: Immerse yourself in the transformative stories of real caregivers and discover effective interventions that have made a tangible difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.
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Solutions Galore: Find practical answers to the most pressing questions surrounding dementia symptoms, triggers, and behavioral challenges, turning confusion into clarity and chaos into calm.
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Why should you care?
Currently, 6.7 million Americans are on the dementia journey
"Spoiler alert! The reader may well end up with more insight into dementia care
than several of the healthcare providers they will encounter in their journey" - Mik Pietzrak, MD
"A must-read! This book is for everyone to read – It sparks the humanity in all of
us." - Jane Rhode, founder of Live Together, Inc.
