Just Diagnosed With Dementia - A first-year guide to what to expect after an Alzheimer's diagnosis, what care really costs, who to tell, and what to plan while the person can still decide #1012518

The appointment is over. You were handed a diagnosis, a few leaflets, and a follow-up date months away. Now it is the car ride home, and nobody has explained what the first year looks like, whether the infusion treatments you have read about are for you, how anyone pays for care, or what has to be decided while the person can still take part. Just Diagnosed With Dementia is a calm, organized map of the first twelve months after a dementia or Alzheimer's diagnosis, written for the person who was diagnosed and for the spouse or family member beside them. It is not a guide to daily caregiver behaviors, not a hospice book, and not a legal manual. It is the orientation that comes before all of those: what the diagnosis means, what to do first, what to put in place while the person can still decide, and how to keep your family together while you do it. Inside, you'll learn: You do not have to understand everything this week. You need the next right step, then the one after. This book gives you both, along with a one-page checklist, a month-by-month plan, and the questions to bring to every appointment.