A calm, plain-language handbook for the year or two after a dementia diagnosis — while your person is still largely independent, and while there is still time to plan the important things together. It gives you what a good house call would: what matters now, what can wait, and how to protect the years you have.
What is inside (8 pages, read one at a time)
- What the diagnosis does — and does not — mean
- The paperwork that is really about love: POA, will, advance directive, protecting money
- The driving conversation — how to have it with dignity
- Small home-safety changes that buy years at home
- The cheapest thing you can do for their brain: treat hearing and vision
- Staying engaged, and capturing the life story while they can still tell it
- Protecting the relationship — how to talk now
- Your own oxygen mask, from day one
- How you will know it is moving to the middle stage
Why this one
Plain, kitchen-table language — no jargon, large readable type. Skimmable, do-this-now guidance instead of a 300-page encyclopedia, written for tired eyes and hard days.
Format
Instant digital download — a printable letter-size PDF (US 8.5 × 11 in). Print it at home or read it on any device. Nothing ships. Prices are in Canadian dollars; if your card is in another currency your bank converts it at checkout.
Questions families ask
Is it too early to buy this?
If you have a diagnosis, it is not too early — this stage is the one with the shortest window. The paperwork, the driving conversation and the life story all get harder to do well the longer they wait.
Is this medical advice?
No. It is general education for families, written by a physician, and it does not replace your person’s own doctor or care team. Anything that looks like a sudden change, an infection or an injury needs assessing rather than managing — if you are unsure, assume it does and make the call.
What do I actually receive?
A printable PDF, letter size (8.5 × 11 in), delivered instantly after checkout. Nothing ships. Print it at home or read it on any device.
Why are the prices in Canadian dollars?
The shop is Canadian, so prices display in CA$. If your card is in another currency, your bank converts at checkout and charges the equivalent — you do not need to do anything.