Caregiving through exhaustion and sleep problems
Dementia care can gradually consume the routines, sleep, finances, relationships, and identity of an entire family. Mace and Rabins explain symptoms, communication, safety, daily care, medical decisions, residential options, and caregiver strain in practical language. Sleep problems may arise from nighttime wandering, vigilance, worry, or the caregiver’s own health, making outside support more than a luxury. For readers seeking a more deliberate next chapter, the guide helps replace improvisation with planning: share responsibility, anticipate transitions, seek assessment, and protect the caregiver’s capacity to continue. Compassion is more sustainable when it includes limits, respite, and realistic expectations about what one household can provide.
About Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
Nancy Mace and Peter Rabins began with a short Johns Hopkins family handbook in 1979 as requests for dementia guidance increased. Caregivers’ practical questions transformed that pamphlet into a book revised across decades of changing knowledge and family experience.
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