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Author
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xviii, 470 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Loving care at home is the most desirable situation for many Alzheimer's sufferers and their families, but it is difficult to realize. Warner's thoughtful book aims to help by showing how to make a home more navigable, comfortable, and just plain livable for the Alzheimer's patient. Nicely presented and well illustrated, the book deals with rearranging and remodeling the patient's living space clearly and concisely and also addresses 'thinking-related...
Author
Publisher
Lowell House
Pub. Date
©1999
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
Language
English
Description
This book is the only fact-based, hands-on, caregiving guide written by an in-home Alzheimer's caregiver. This unique book helps you work through the personal issues surrounding caregiving, including: how to recognize and manage stress; how to deal with difficult behaviors; how to find outside help when necessary; and how to nurture your own well-being. Opening a gateway for the future of caregiving, it describes an approach in which support and care...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
6th edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 393 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
An essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs.
Author
Publisher
Zadra Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
More than three years in the making, this book changes everything for Alzheimer's couples and caregivers. When her husband Mike was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Rosalys Peel made a deal with him. Together, they vowed that they would manage Alzheimer's in their own home and go right on living life as normally as possible for as long as possible. Over the next ten years they found new ways to defy and surpass virtually all the typical Alzheimer's statistics....
Author
Publisher
Createspace
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book provides a selection of user-friendly activities that will help maintain your parent's self-care skills, mobility, and socialization. These tasks encourage success and feelings of self-worth, and offer imaginative ways to interact with your parent.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this beautiful book, Elizabeth Cohen gives us a true and moving portrait of the love and courage of a family.
Elizabeth is a member of the "sandwich generation"—people caught in the middle of simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents. She is the mother of Ava and the daughter of Daddy, and she's responsible for both of them. Hers is the story of a woman's struggle to keep her family whole, to raise her
...10) The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
7th edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer's disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of "other" dementias. This is one of the only guides dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer's dementias. The contributors are either specialists in their fields or have exceptional hands-on experience with FTD sufferers. Beginning with a focus on the medical facts, the...
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
viii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighty percent of persons with dementia live at home, and the family members caring for them are often overwhelmed by the enormous responsibility and the complexities of care. This book is designed to support the caregivers and help them understand the needs and feelings of the person for whom they are caring. A central focus is the goal of sustaining a loving family relationship between the caregiver and the patient. Developed from a training program...
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