The Handbook for Helping People Living Alone with Dementia Who Have No Known Support provides practical guidance as well as tools for helping a person living alone who does not have informal supports, including people with dementia who have a caregiver that cannot provide support. The handbook includes practical strategies for identifying people who are living alone without support, assessing risk, building trust, identifying family and friends willing to help, determining decision-making capacity, options for helping the person maintain their independence, and the basics of guardianship or conservatorship.
2018 NADRC
Handbook for helping people living alone with dementia who have no known support
Gould, E., Knowles, M., & Wiener, J. M. (2018). 2018 NADRC: Handbook for helping people living alone with dementia who have no known support. Administration on Aging, Administration for Community Living. https://nadrc.acl.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/PLWDlivAlonenosupportfinal508readonly.docx
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