Books on LBD and Dementia Caregiving

Below is a sample of the growing body of books on the topic of Lewy body dementia for family caregivers.

Memoirs

Dignifying Dementia: A Caregiver's Struggle by Elizabeth Tierney, 2011

Gone Mad: Dementia, Family Treachery, and Legal Insanity by Carol Pendergrass, 2010.

Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia by Thomas Graboys, M.D. and Peter Zheutlin, 2008.

Relentless Goodbye: Grief and Love in the Shadow of Dementia by Ginnie Horst Burkholder, 2012

Though He Slay Me: Our Experience with Lewy Body Dementia by Anne Hartman, 2010.

Treasures in the Darkness by Pat Snyder, 2012

LBD and Caregiving Resources

The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life by Nancy L. Mace, 2006.

A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia by Helen Buell Whitworth, MS, BSN, James A. Whitworth, 2010.

The Dementia Caregivers Little Book of Hope by Karen (Karle) Truman, Ph.D., 2009.

Finding Meaning with Charles: Caregiving with Love Through a Degenerative Diseaseby Janet Edmunson, 2006.

Living with Lewy Body Dementia by Judy Towne Jennings, PT, MA

Living With Lewy's; Empowering Today's Dementia Caregiver by Amy and Gerald Throop, 2010.