Product Details
- Author: Joanne Koenig Coste
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- Binding: Paperback
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- Dewey Decimal Number: 362
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- EAN: 9780618485178
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- ISBN: 1864710632
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- Label: Houghton Mifflin
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- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Number of Pages: 256
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- Product Group: Book
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- Publication Date: 2004-09-08
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- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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- Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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- Title: Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease
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- UPC: 046442485173
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Product Description: More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between carepartners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia. Learning to Speak Alzheimer's also offers hundreds of practical tips, including how to
· cope with the diagnosis and adjust to the disease's progression
· help the patient talk about the illness
· face the issue of driving
· make meals and bath times as pleasant as possible
· adjust room design for the patient's comfort
· deal with wandering, paranoia, and aggression
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Customer Reviews
A Must Read
This is a must read for anyone with friends or family suffering from Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia, whether or not you are a care-giver. Enables understanding of this dreaded disease, and communication with those who suffer it. You will be wiser and more compassionate after reading it.
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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
Wonderful book! Balanced, informative, so very helpful. As a caregiver, it gave me what I needed to keep peace and joy in my husband's life.
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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
This book was shipped sooner then I expected and in perfect condition. This is a great book for those with a loved one with Alzheimers. In fact a must read.
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understanding the mind of an alzheimer's victim
I wish I had read this book three years ago when we first realized our mom was suffering with this disease. I have read many articles on the subject and felt I understood what was happening to her. But this book helps you to communicate with the alzheimer's patient. It gives you a better understanding of each stage and how to make the most of each day for both the alzheimer's patient and their family. It has practical information that can be applied immediately.
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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
This book has been a God send. I read it early on into my journey as a caregiver so I better understood what to expect. 5 Years later I am using it as a "how to" manual. The author is direct and realistic with her advise. I appreciate that are not sugar coated. It is reassuring to learn that what I am living is not unusual that eveything is managable with a little creativity.
Thanks for the support and advise.
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