BrainGuard™ Resources for Professional Staff, Agencies and Caregivers
Downloadable guides and tip sheets — instant access, immediate help All resources created by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE #1
Why Engagement Matters
The science every home care professional needs. Covers the neurological basis for engagement, five evidence-based outcomes, the Unmet Needs framework, and a quick-start implementation guide. Four peer-reviewed citations included.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE #2
DEMENTIA STAGING
— Complete 7-Stage Clinical Reference
What caregivers actually observe at home at each of the seven GDS stages — not what textbooks say. Includes communication strategies by stage, documentation language examples, and supervisor coaching prompts.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE 3
Life Story Worksheet: The Clinical Foundation of Person-Centered Dementia Care
Life Story Worksheet — The Clinical Foundation of Person-Centered Care
The most valuable 30 minutes in a client’s care. A complete seven-section worksheet covering identity, work, daily routine, passions, relationships, comfort, and caregiver observations. Includes the clinical rationale and four research citations.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE #
Dementia Communication Toolkit: Stage-by-Stage Strategies for Home Care Professionals
Eight universal foundations that work at every stage, plus specific strategies for early, middle, and late stage dementia. Includes a supervisor coaching section and three peer-reviewed citations.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE #
Before & After Documentation — Six Real Examples
Six side-by-side before and after visit notes showing exactly what strong, defensible, person-centered documentation looks like. Includes a language reference guide, the four-part note formula, and a quick-reference checklist.
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Engagement Documentation Prompts: Five Questions That Make Every Visit Note Clinical, Complete, and Defensible
Three minutes. Five questions. A visit note that protects the caregiver, guides the next shift, and tells the client’s story with clinical precision. Includes a practice worksheet, supervisor coaching questions, and an eight-point checklist.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE # Engagement Toolkit Planner — Personalized Planning for Every Client
Eight sections covering everything a caregiver needs: Life Story highlights, personalized activity menu, mood and function profile, communication guide, sensory preferences, weekly reflection log, and supervisor review. The most complete planning tool in the series.
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES GUIDE #
Matching Activities Matrix — Match Every Activity to Mood and Function
A four-quadrant decision tool that helps caregivers choose the right activity in real time based on where the client actually is
— not where they hope they are. Includes the stage lens overlay and five key principles for activity matching.
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Family and Community Resources
Plain-language guides written by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN — for the family members doing the hardest work
Guide 1 — Why Does Engagement Matter?
A Family Guide by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
You keep hearing the word engagement. But what does it actually mean for the person sitting in your living room right now? This plain-language guide explains what engagement does in the brain, why it reduces the difficult behaviors that exhaust families most, and how you can start — today, with no special training or equipment — to make a real difference in your loved one’s daily life.
Guide 2 — What Stage Is My Parent In?
A Family Guide by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
After a diagnosis, one of the first things families want to know is what to expect. This guide walks you through all seven stages of dementia in plain language — not clinical charts, but what each stage actually looks like at home. What changes. What stays. What you can do at each point to help. If you want to stop feeling blindsided and start feeling prepared, this is where to begin.
Price: $12
Guide 3 — Why Is My Person Acting Like This?
A Family Guide by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
The accusations. The refusals. The wandering at 2 in the morning. The same question forty times in one afternoon. If you have ever stood in your kitchen wondering what just happened — this guide is for you. Written by a nurse with 45 years of dementia care experience, it explains the five most common and most frightening behaviors in dementia, what they are actually communicating, and what you can do in the moment to help.
Price: $12
How to Fill A Day?
A Family Guide by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
The day stretches out. The television is on. Nobody knows what to do. This guide gives you a simple, practical framework for reading how your loved one is doing right now — their mood, their energy — and choosing an activity that actually has a chance of working. No crafts kits required. No professional training. Just honest, specific guidance from someone who has watched thousands of families figure this out.
Price: $12.00
Guide 5 — When to Ask for Help — and How to Actually Do It
A Family Guide by Dr. Lucy Andrews, DNP, RN
Most families wait too long. They feel guilty. They feel like asking for help means they have failed. This guide tells you the signs that it is time, exactly what kinds of help are available, and how to make the call — including a specific script for contacting a home care agency and the questions you should ask before you hire anyone. There is also an honest conversation about guilt that a lot of caregivers have told me they needed to hear.
Price: $12.00
