Affirmative Therapy Products
Auditory CD Programs
Cd for Caregivers
CD for Dementia Patients

What Are Affirmative Therapy Products?

The Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CD is for family and facility caregivers. The positive messages on this CD affirm the importance of their nurturing role and help reduce feelings of depression, anxiety and fatigue sometimes experienced with care giving. Caregivers are reminded of the healing potential of their loving presence.
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The Affirmative Therapy for Memory and Cognitive Challenges CD is intended to support health and well-being for people with memory and cognitive challenges. The positive message and inspirational music promote relaxation.
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Affirmative Therapy Products© are based on and inspired by the clinical and research findings of Barbara Derrick, PhD in South Carolina. For more information about her work, refer to her article published in the September/October 2007 issue of Venture Inward magazine.

Read Dr. Donna McCullough's article on her personal experience of helping a loved one cope with cognitive decline. "Caring From the Heart" was a June 10, 2010 entry on the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

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Why Use Affirmative
Therapy Products?

These CDs offer the opportunity to enhance the positive aspects of any environment with minimal time requirement. They promote relaxation and enhance self esteem.

Additionally, the CDs are:

•Easy to implement
•Non-invasive
•Non-pharmacological
•Cost-effective
•See "What People Are Saying", below
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How to Use Affirmative Therapy Products

The Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CD is designed for use on a break from care giving activities. It can also be played first thing in the morning and last thing at night. For maximum benefit, listen at least ten minutes daily for 30 days.

Play the Affirmative Therapy for Memory and Cognitive Challenges CD at the end of the day when getting ready to go to sleep and again upon awakening.

For maximum benefit, play the CD twice a day for at least 30 days and also whenever you want to promote relaxation and reconnect with the positive messages. It is OK to fall asleep while listening.

Playing the CD as a group activity can help to promote serenity and calmness in their environment. The positive messages can increase receptivity to redirection.

This CD is not a substitute for medical care, but may be used as a supplemental tool to relieve some symptoms of dementia such as anxiety, agitation and depression.


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Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CD
Tell PayPal how many Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CDs you want to order, and return to this page to add the Memory and Cognitive Challenges CD to your order.


Affirmative Therapy for Memory and Cognitive Challenges CD
Tell PayPal how many Affirmative Therapy for Memory and Cognitive Challenges CDs you want to order, and return to this page to add the Caregivers CD to your order.


Or order offline. Download your order form and instructions here. You will need Acrobat Reader in order to open the order form.

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Articles and Research

Affirmative Therapy is a well-researched and documented concept. Feel free to browse our research and informative articles

Our Research
Alzheimer's Project Brief, by Barbara Derrick, PhD and A.C. Holler, Jr. DMin
Overcoming Alzheimer's: Helping Wally, reprinted with permission from the American Holistic Health Association.

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What People Are Saying

"Your meditation CDs were remarkable. I thought the verbal pacing of the one for dementia patients was very appropriate for possible delays in verbal processing. The prosody of the verbal style also invokes a soothing emotional response even if a patient's verbal processing is poor. I loved the emotional support offered for the care-givers for their own well-being, laced with encouragement to see their role and their work as vital, important and influential in the day-to-day sense of well-being experienced by their loved one for whom they are responsible."
—Barbara Welsh-Osga, PhD, Clinical Psychologist

"This program is outstanding because it uniquely addresses both the relationship between the elder and caregiver, as well as roles and feelings of both. Caregivers experience a "paradigm shift" in the way they view their mission to help provide quality care. The program helps those in need feel supported and calm. It has helped with my mother’s care in her home, and will also be beneficial for institutional trainings."
—Mary Kay Riley, President, Creative Work/Life Strategies

"These CDs are very beneficial to my residents."
—Lisa Jimenez, Owner and Director of Del Sol facilities in Mission Viejo, California

"Listening to the caregivers CD has helped me with the slight depression I feel. It reinforces my desire to carry out my care taking responsibilities with a lighter heart and has a calming effect on my frustrations. I recommend this CD for a care giver in any kind of a situation."
—Evelyn Johnson, caregiver

"I have been listening to this CD of affirmations at night for several months now and I Love It. It has helped me feel better about others, myself and my surroundings. It encourages me to do better with my memory and other health issues."
—Patrick L. Johnson, PhD, dementia patient

"The residents found the CD to be very relaxing."
—Alejandra Fernandez, Facility Caregiver

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Developed by:

Barbara Klein-Robuck, M.S., R.N.
Donna McCullough, Ph.D.

Barbara Klein-Robuck,
MS, RN
, HNB-BC
949.493.2534
www.bkrwellness.com

Donna McCullough,
PhD

949.246.7724
donnamccullough@cox.net

Barbara Klein-Robuck and Dr. Donna McCullough are available to speak at professional meetings, community support groups and inservice training programs. Read Dr. Donna McCullough's article on her personal experience of helping a loved one cope with cognitive decline. "Caring From the Heart" was a June 10, 2010 entry on the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

Music by markromeromusic.com © 2009 Mark Romero.