Books on LBD and Dementia Caregiving
For Families
Dignifying Dementia: A Caregiver's Struggle by Elizabeth Tierney, 2011
A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia by Helen Buell Whitworth, MS, BSN, James A. Whitworth, 2010.
Gone Mad: Dementia, Family Treachery, and Legal Insanity by Carol Pendergrass, 2010.
Though He Slay Me: Our Experience with Lewy Body Dementia by Anne Hartman, 2010.
The Dementia Caregivers Little Book of Hope by Karen (Karle) Truman, Ph.D., 2009.
Living With Lewy's; Empowering Today's Dementia Caregiver by Amy and Gerald Throop, 2010. (NOTE: Save $2 by mentioning you saw this book on LBDA's Web site. LBDA will also receive a contribution from the authors for each book purchase that references our Web site!)
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.
Living with Lewy Body (e-book), by Sammie Jo Mitchell, 2008.
Have the Last Dance with Me by JoAnn Lloyd Fichtner, 2007.
Don't Bury Me...IT AIN'T OVER YET by Charles Schneider, 2006.
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.
Finding Meaning with Charles: Caregiving with Love Through a Degenerative Disease by Janet Edmunson, 2006.
Into the Mist: When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's Disease by Deborah Glover-Uetz, 2005.
The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Dementia with Lewy Bodies by James N. Parker, M.D. and Philip M. Parker, Ph.D, 2002.
Elder Rage, or Take My Father...Please! by Jacqueline Marcell, 2001.
For Professionals
Lewy Body Dementia Trainers Kit by Helen Whitworth, MS, BSN, and James A. Whitworth, 2010.
by John O'Brien, Ian McKeith, David Ames, Edmond Chiu, 2005.
Lewy Body Disease - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References by ICON Health Publications, 2004.
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Clinical, Pathological, and Treatment Issues by Jeffrey L. Cummings, Robert Perry, Ian McKeith, and Elaine Perry, 1996
