Dr. Fernando VeraLicensed occupational therapist. Owner of Empower Health, a dementia rehab clinic in The Woodlands, TX.
Ready-to-use dementia strategies.
What challenge are you facing today?
Hard behaviors
Wanting to go home, accusing you of stealing, asking the same question.
Refusing bathing and daily care
Showers, dressing, toileting, meds.
Sundowning
Late-day agitation, no sleep.
A plan for sundowning and sleepless nights
Stop the 3 A.M. Madness!
What to say and do to end sundowning, night wandering and sleepless nights.
The 10-minute calm-down for restless days
Move to Calm
Five 10-minute routines that ease restlessness and agitation, from a seated calm-down to a bed-level routine.
Falls and home safety
Room-by-room fixes.
Memory decline and boredom
Simple daily brain activities.
Difficulty walking and poor strength
Gentle exercise, steadier steps.
Your own stress
Guilt, exhaustion, getting help.
Money and legal
Spending, bills, legal papers.
★ Best choice
The best pick for most families
All five manuals in one collection, so you have the answer ready for whatever comes next.
The Five-Book Collection + 2 guides and 7 work tools
- Know what to say in 40 hard momentsStop the Chaos!
- A plan for sundowning and sleepless nightsStop the 3 A.M. Madness!
- Make the home safer, room by roomStop the Falls!
- A plan for your own stress and exhaustionStop the Burnout!
- Protect the money and the legal papersStop the Money Mistakes!
Every manual uses the same simple format: a short checklist, a plan and the exact words to say. Instant PDF downloads you can read on your phone or print.
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Free resources
Three printable guides to help you right now. Just tell us where to send them.
Dementia diagnosis? Start here
Diagnosed. Now What?
A step-by-step plan, whether the diagnosis came last week or last year: what to ask the doctor, the papers to sign, home safety and the help to line up.
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Find the help you may be missing
The Dementia Resource Map
A step-by-step route to Medicare's GUIDE program (up to $2,500 a year of respite for those who qualify), VA benefits, Medicaid home care and helplines.
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Make the home safer, room by room
The Dementia Home Safety Checklist
An OT's room-by-room walk-through, plus the 6 safety tools worth buying first.
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What to say in 5 of the hardest moments
The Calm-Down Cheat Sheet
Five hard moments, with what to say and what never to say. Print it for the fridge.
Get it freeWho makes these
I've been on both sides of this.
I'm an occupational therapist, and I run Empower Health, a clinic in The Woodlands, TX that specializes in dementia rehab.
My mother, Virginia Vera, was healthy and active when she was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, a fast-moving form of dementia. She passed away from it. She is why I help families on this path.
Caring for her taught me what no textbook did: families need clear, practical answers they can use in the moment. That is what I make here.
For memory care and assisted living teams
Short staff training on what to say and do, built by an occupational therapist.
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