The Best Friends Daily Planner

The Best Friends Daily Planner shows you how simple it is to be a Best Friend to a person with dementia each and every day. This handy and practical book provides you with Best Friends guiding principles and reflection questions, as well as more than 150 quick, easy, and surprising activities to support your caregiving each week. The Best Friends Daily Planner can be used as an individual resource or with any of the many books in the world-renowned Best Friends product suite. Developed by dementia care experts Virginia Bell and David Troxel, Best Friends is a sensitive and sensible approach to dementia care based on the essential elements of friendship: respect, empathy, support, trust, and humor. With ample space to record your thoughts and the reactions of the persons with dementia that you care for, this invaluable tool will guide you through the year and provide a record of your caregiving experiences in the years to come. Filled with easy-to-implement activities and reminders of the core tenets of the Best Friends model of care, this daily planner is completely customizable to meet your needs. Divided by months that highlight each of the 12 Best Friends Dementia Rights and labeled with dates that aren’t day-of-the-week specific, the planner gives you the flexibility to start at any point of the year! Read more