The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have alzheimer disease, related dementias, and memory loss
Title:
The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have alzheimer disease, related dementias, and memory loss
Author:
Mace, Nancy L.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fifth edition.
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xxiv, 353 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Dementia -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Nursing homes and other living arrangements -- Preventing or delaying cognitive decline -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Dementia -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Nursing homes and other living arrangements -- Preventing or delaying cognitive decline -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781421402796
9781421402802
Format :
Book
