Check out our caregiver and memory care kits!
The Rinconada Library offers kits designed to help anyone with memory loss and their caregivers, opens a new window. The kits include music, books and pamphlets about dementia and Alzheimer’s as well as brochures about self-care, stages of the disease, caregiver tips and strategies, and national and California resources. For more information, ask staff at the front desk!
Dementia/Alzheimer’s Kits
These kits contain memory games, manipulative activities, reusable art projects, photos/books, conversation cards and puzzles for various stages of Alzheimer’s/Dementia.
- The Early-Mid Stage Memory Activity Kit
- Mid-Late Stage Memory Activity Kit
- Late-Stage Memory Activity Kits, opens a new window
Memory Lane Kits
These kits include materials about each decade to jog memories. Reminiscing helps give people with dementia a sense of competence and confidence through using a skill they still have.
Caregiver Kits
The Caregiver Kit includes resources and information for caregivers including books, pamphlets on various aspects of Dementia/Alzheimer’s, and supplemental materials about self-care, stages of the disease, caregiver tips and strategies and national and California resources.
Recommended Books for Caregivers
- Contented Dementia
- Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
- Dementia: A Very Short Introduction
- The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss
- When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community: Words to Say and Things to Do
- The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: The Caregiver's Survival Handbook: How to Care for Your Aging Parent Without Losing Yourself
- Caregiver Survival 101: Strategies to Manage Problematic Behaviors Presented in Individuals with Dementia
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