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Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History
Jesse F. Ballenger
The Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Historian Jesse F. Ballenger traces the emergence of senility as a cultural category from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s, a period in which Alzheimer's disease became increasingly associated with the terrifying prospect of losing one's...
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The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home (Revised Edition)
Mark Warner, Ellen Warner
Purdue University Press
Purdue University Press
Written by a practicing architect and gerontologist, The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home shows you how to create a home environment that will help you cope with the many difficulties associated with Alzheimer's. This unique book is...
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Counseling the Alzheimer's Caregiver: A Resource for Health Care Professionals
Mary S. Mittelman, Cynthia Epstein, Alicia Pierzchala
American Medical Association Press
American Medical Association Press
This resource provides clinically proven strategies to help caregivers deal with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Drawing on lessons learned during 15 years of empirical clinical treatment intervention, this manual is an invaluable resource for physicians...
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The Caring Caregiver's Guide to Dealing with Guilt
Starr, Bob Calo-oy
Orchard Publications
Orchard Publications
This guidebook is a collection of 10, true, short stories about the undeserved guilt families experience when they turn the care of their loved ones over to someone else. "Caring Caregivers" is written in a down-to-earth style that families will...
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Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes
Frances Shani Parker
Loving Healing Press
Loving Healing Press
All of us are entitled to the rewards of a peaceful, pain-free death. This book honors that with true stories about hospice patients and inspiring insights from the author. Becoming Dead Right guides us through the general and "how to"...
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Alzheimer's Care with Dignity
Frank Fuerst
Headline Books
Headline Books
Help Has Arrived Alzheimer's Care at Home Alzheimer's Care with Dignity, is the help you have been waiting for. A handbook of solutions for caring for someone with dementia at home from diagnosis through final stages. Author Frank Fuerst s...
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The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's
Sam Fazio
Health Professions Pr
Health Professions Pr
Despite the frequent characterization of Alzheimer's disease as a loss of self, this enlightening book demonstrates unequivocally that a person s unique self persists throughout the course of the disease. The important message in The Enduring...
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Mom's OK, She Just Forgets: The Alzheimer's Journey from Denial to Acceptance
Evelyn D. Mclay, Ellen P. Young
Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books
Foreword by Barry Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions · "Moms OK, she just forgets." · "Dad only drives to the grocery store." · "A support group? I dont need one." · "My husband is not ready for day care." ·...
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