Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s disease Books
MIT Press Ltd The Day after Yesterday
Book SynopsisA deft combination of narrative and portraiture that breaks the taboo around dementia, replacing the fear and futility with empathy and nuance.A graphic designer, a writer, a public servant, a retired PhD, a 29-year-old with early-onset Alzheimer’s. These are just some of the 50 million people living with dementia who share their deeply personal stories with Joe Wallace in The Day after Yesterday, a powerful collection of portraits and personal stories that humanizes the millions of people living with the disease. Each story in this poignant volume offers a unique and powerful lesson—not just about how to live with a terminal illness, but how to do so with resilience and dignity.Dementia is often a taboo subject with limited public awareness or discourse. A diagnosis can become a mechanism for segregating those affected from society, making it easier to see only the label and not the individual, which, in turn, makes it easier to ignore the bur
£28.80
MIT Press How Not to Study a Disease
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SPCK Publishing Dementia from the Inside
Book SynopsisDr Jennifer Bute is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. In 2009 she was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. What has she learned?
£10.44
Hachette Books The Memory Bible
Book SynopsisNow more than ever, our brains are overloaded-with information, stress, exhaustion, and more. All these things negatively affect brain health, causing memory loss and even leading to Alzheimer''s. But The Memory Bible offers clear, concise, prescriptive steps for reversing this damage, providing the innovative memory exercises and brain fitness programs necessary to immediately improve your mental performance and cognitive abilities. Since its initial publication, this program has helped thousands of people improve their ability to remember everyday issues like where the car is parked, as well as the more important ability to think fast and maintain a healthy brain for life. This update not only brings in the most up-to-date research on brain health, but also accounts for new developments in technology, the workplace, medicine, and more. Dr. Small''s comprehensive, science-backed program includes a brain diet of memory-enhancing foods and a list of the most effective
£14.24
Little, Brown & Company 100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent
Book Synopsis'With style and wit Jean Carper has assembled all the simple things that people can do to delay the onset of age-related memory loss, an idea that may sound revolutionary to some, but is all research-based. My advice is simple: Read this book!' - Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown Medical SchoolTrade ReviewWhether in their 20s or well into retirement, readers will likely feel motivated to do the impossible: beat the approaching epidemic of a disease commonly viewed as hopeless. - Publishers WeeklyIt's about time someone has compiled such an important manual of steps we can and should all take to avoid Alzheimer's. Jean has done a skillful job at delivering accessible tips that are backed in science and still very actionable for those of us interested in preserving our intellect and memory. - Mark Liponis, MD, coauthor of Ultraprevention and author of UltralongevityIn her usual science-made-simple approach, Jean Carper gives readers of all ages 100 doable strategies for keeping brains sharp and bodies healthy. I highly recommend reading it--and doing it. - William Sears, MD, author of Prime-Time HealthA wonderful book that appeals to the lay person, physician and scientist alike, with its beautifully outlined 'what to do' approaches to dealing with the threat of such a frightening disease. It is a must read for all of us. - Brian J. Balin, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Chronic Disorders of Aging, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineWith style and wit Jean Carper has assembled all the simple things that people can do to delay the onset of age-related memory loss, an idea that may sound revolutionary to some, but is all research-based. My advice is simple: Read this book! - Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown Medical School
£14.01
Little, Brown Spark Brain Maker
£30.37
Little, Brown Spark In Pursuit of Memory The Fight Against Alzheimers
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£21.00
Little, Brown Spark Grain Brain The Surprising Truth about Wheat
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£24.00
Open University Press The Dementia Care Workbook
Book Synopsis"I regard this as a long overdue and highly relevant addition to the literature on dementia care. Its grounding in the reality of practice and realistic approach will make it a very valuable workbook for a wide range of car workers. The book will play a large part in helping to improve dementia care by presenting a vision and manual for 'best fit' realistic practice."Danny Walsh, University of Nottingham, UK"This is an excellent text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The strong emphasis on person centred approaches and relationships permeates throughout the book and the activities presented provide the reader with the opportunity to reflect upon their own practice and the best fit options identify interventions for consideration."Sandra Fleming, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland"I thought this book was a very useful and detailed text exploring the world of the person with dementia and their Table of ContentsDedicationAcknowledgementsThe dementia care workbookThe felt experience: The person with dementiaThe felt experience: Carers Attitudes The environment of careThe person with dementiaEngagement - connecting with the personEmpowerment and disempowermentFacilitating person-centred care: Worksheets and activitiesAppendicesReferencesIndex
£27.54
Open University Press Education and Training in Dementia Care A
Book SynopsisâœThis book is a must read for those wanting to understand, design and improve our approach to workforce knowledge in dementia care.âPaul Edwards, Director of Clinical Services, Dementia UKâœIts person-centred, theory and practice-based approaches to learning make it an essential book for everyone involved in the delivery, review and commissioning of dementia education."Dr Anna Jack-Waugh, Senior Lecturer in Dementia, Senior Fellow HEA, Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy, and Practice, the University of the West of Scotland, UKâœA relevant, innovative, and important book that can underpin better education and training in dementia care.âJesper BÃgmose, Associate Professor, Cand. Cur., Faculty of Health, University College Copenhagen, DenmarkIn the last twenty years the evidence-base for how to provide person-centred care for people with dementia has grown significantly. Despite this until recently there has Table of ContentsAuthor biographiesForewordAcknowledgementsGeneral PrefaceBook PrefaceChapter 1. IntroductionPart 1: Theories and research underpinning dementia education and training and their application in health and social care servicesChapter 2. The design and delivery of formal training and educationChapter 3. Informal ways of learningChapter 4. Learning and development in care homesChapter 5. Learning and development in primary careChapter 6. Learning and development in acute hospitalsChapter 7. Learning and development in community settingsPart 2: Theory and evidence underpinning the implementation of effective education and training for the dementia care workforceChapter 8. The person at the centre of learning Chapter 9. Training implementation and driving practice and culture changeChapter 10. Measuring and evidencing the impact of trainingChapter 11. The future for dementia training and educationGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Atlas of Alzheimers Disease
Book SynopsisThe last 20 years have brought unprecedented new knowledge to our understanding of Alzheimer''s disease (AD) and for the first time, approved symptomatic treatments. Authored by one of the world''s leading authorities on the management of AD and related dementias, this highly illustrated Atlas of Alzheimer's Disease describes the colorful history of the illness, its neuropathological basis from structural brain imaging and post-mortem studies, and its devastating effects on perception, cognition, communication, and social behavior. In addition to an accurate and detailed historical perspective, the book provides a state-of-the-art review of current working hypotheses, diagnostic approaches, and treatments of AD. Many tables and illustrations help readers comprehend the scientific information provided, and the book places great emphasis on the increasingly identifiable risk factors for development of the disease, with a view towards preventionTrade Review"The scope of the Atlas of Alzheimer's disease is broad [...] We recommend it to all clinicians-and clinicians in training-who are involved in the diagnosis and care of patients with AD, because it will increase their insight into this already widespread disorder." Wiesje M van der Flier and Philip Scheltens, The Lancet Neurology, Vol. 7, January 2008Table of ContentsPreface. Historical aspects. Epidemiology (world view). Clinical diagnosis. Neuropathology. Neuroimaging. Prevention Treatment Future
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Penguin Putnam Inc The End of Alzheimers Program
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Before I Forget
Book Synopsis“A powerful portrait of Alzheimer’s…marked by strong emotions and often bleak honesty.” —The Washington Post“The vulnerability, courage, and honesty in Before I Forget are heart-opening. Fear can be paralyzing…yet B. and Dan beautifully demonstrate that there is a different way to approach this stealthy invader. Alzheimer’s needs to come out of the shadows, and this book is an important step.” —Maria ShriverRestaurateur, magazine publisher, celebrity chef, and nationally known lifestyle maven, B. Smith is struggling at 66 with a tag she never expected to add to that string: Alzheimer's patient. She’s not alone. Every 67 seconds someone newly develops it, and millions of lives are affected by its aftershocks. B. and her husband, Dan, working with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson, unstintingly share their unfolding story. Crafted in short chapters that interweave their narrative with practical and helpful advice, readers learn about dealing with Alzheimer's day-to-day challenges: the family realities and tensions, ways of coping, coming research that may tip the scale, as well as lessons learned along the way. At its heart, Before I Forget is a love story: illuminating a love of family, life, and hope.
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Remember
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.“Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory”—Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of How the Mind WorksHave you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can''t for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you''re over forty, you''re probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer''s or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren''t designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn''t mean it''s broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human. In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You''ll learn whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can last a lifetime (your wedding day). You''ll come to appreciate the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer''s (that you own a car). And you''ll see how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don''t have to fear it anymore. And that can be life-changing.
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Penguin Young Readers The First Survivors of Alzheimers
Book SynopsisFirst person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer''s Disease--and how they did it.It has been said that everyone knows a cancer survivor, but no one has met an Alzheimer''s survivor – until now. In his first two books, Dr. Dale Bredesen outlined the revolutionary treatments that are changing what had previously seemed like the inevitable outcome of cognitive decline and dementia. And in these moving narratives, you can hear directly from the first survivors of Alzheimer’s themselves--their own amazing stories of hope told in their own words. These first person accounts honestly detail the fear, struggle, and ultimate victory of each patient''s journey. They vividly describe what it is like to have Alzheimer''s. They also drill down on how each of these patients made the program work for them--the challenges, the workarounds, the encouraging results that are so motivating. Dr. Bredesen includes commentary following each story to
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ABC Books Before Dementia
Book SynopsisAbout preventing, preparing, coping How do I know if I have dementia, and how will I live with it if I do? Can people with dementia consent to sex? Can they choose euthanasia for their future selves? And can we prevent or push back its onset?Chances are you know someone with dementia, but how well do you really understand the condition? Dementia is a complex interplay of biological, social and psychological factors, and understanding it means understanding more about society and ourselves. Approaching the topic through 20 insightful questions, Dr Kate Gregorevic explains the physical state of dementia, how to relate the diagnosis to real life, what questions to ask your doctor, what might be done to prevent the condition, and how we can make our homes and society better for people with dementia. While this book tackles some uncomfortable questions, its purpose is to help - to prevent, to prepare, to cope and to understand - and provide you with strategies for moving forward.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The End of Alzheimers
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Penguin Putnam Inc The End of Alzheimers
Book SynopsisThe instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellerA groundbreaking plan to prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s Disease that fundamentally changes how we understand cognitive decline. Everyone knows someone who has survived cancer, but until now no one knows anyone who has survived Alzheimer''s Disease. In this paradigm shifting book, Dale Bredesen, MD, offers real hope to anyone looking to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer''s Disease and cognitive decline. Revealing that AD is not one condition, as it is currently treated, but three, The End of Alzheimer’s outlines 36 metabolic factors (micronutrients, hormone levels, sleep) that can trigger downsizing in the brain. The protocol shows us how to rebalance these factors using lifestyle modifications like taking B12, eliminating gluten, or improving oral hygiene. The results are impressive. Of the first ten patients on t
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Little, Brown Book Group The Alzheimers Prevention Plan
Book SynopsisAlzheimer''s disease and age-related memory loss are on the increase. The burden this condition places on sufferers, their families and health care systems is immense. In this reassuring and practical book, top nutritionist and mental health expert Patrick Holford argues that memory decline and Alzheimer''s disease can be arrested, and the risks of developing such diseases reduced significantly, if you take action early. THE ALZHEIMER''S PREVENTION PLAN is based on research into nutritional medicine from experts around the world, and features the latest scientific findings on how nutrition can help prevent this devastating condition. It features a specially formulated Alzheimer''s prevention diet and a ten-step plan to enhance your memory, which includes a simple test to discover your risk, and reverse it in eight weeks; memory boosting vitamins and minerals; essential fats that help your brain think faster; and simple lifestyle changes and exercises to keep your mind young.
£14.24
Workman Publishing Spectrum of Hope The An Optimistic and New
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Captivating, educational, deeply perceptive about human nature—and as calming as a session with a loving, reassuring therapist. Devi is a wonderful, truthful storyteller. . . full of natural understanding and empathy. A very important book that will be helpful to millions of readers who fear this Thing in their lives.”—David Small, author of Stitches “Tremendously moving. Shows a deep sympathy for both the patients and for their caregivers . . . Several passages moved me to tears. As a fiction writer, I'm in awe of Devi’s ability to create a sense of real people, their goals, their concerns, their suffering.”—Lauren Belfer, New York Times bestselling author of And After the Fire, recipient of the National Jewish Book Award “Gayatri Devi’s compassionate and insightful perspective will inform and empower the many patients and their families suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.” —Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Longevity Center, and coauthor of The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program “In this time when Alzheimer’s is as feared as cancer, Dr. Devi brings us realism and relief by explaining why it is a spectrum disease, as different as the part of the brain it affects, and by sharing the stories of people who lead unique, rewarding lives even after diagnosis. Since fear is lethal in itself, The Spectrum of Hope is good medicine.”—Gloria Steinem “One of the most valuable ways to support caregivers is with anecdotes from others who through trial and error have found ways to solve problems. Dr. Devi reconstitutes that experience—a terrific addition to the library for the caregiver!”—Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research“The Spectrum of Hope not only is a valuable resource for anyone receiving (or caring for someone with) a dementia diagnosis but should also be read by doctors for its lessons on how to imaginatively and sympathetically think about patients.”—Francine Prose “This book is a game changer. Dr. Devi’s prescription for a personalized approach to dementia diagnosis and management is the new standard of care.” —Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, Director, Neurocognitive Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, and coauthor of The Alzheimer’s Action Plan
£19.79
Rowman & Littlefield Love Loss and Laughter Seeing Alzheimers
Book SynopsisMore than 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and nearly 11 million family members and friends serve as unpaid caregivers. Love, Loss, and Laughter challenges the typical perception of people with Alzheimer's as "empty shells," lost to themselves and others.Trade Review"Through powerful images and empowering messages, Love, Loss, and Laughter: Seeing Alzheimer's Differently offers a glimpse of the disease through an important new lens. This groundbreaking book provides honor, respect and dignity to people living with dementia and delivers comfort, support and understanding to their caregivers. Equal parts inspiring and informative, this book will go a long way in enhancing the quality of care, and the quality of life, of everyone touched by this disease."—Maria Shriver, journalist, activist, and best-selling author of six books, including What's Happening to Grandpa? "This remarkable collection of photographs and commentaries creates an eye-opening perspective on persons with Alzheimer's Disease—still human, still loved, and still capable of joy. It will inspire anyone—professional or lay person—who has been touched by Alzheimer's."—Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences "The secret of this book is the secret of what really moves people to action. First, faces that express the full range of our humanity, vivid images that span the planet and test our emotional range. And second, stories of care that provide the backdrop for solid information on how to approach persons with dementia and their carers with respect and dignity." — Michael Splaine, Former Director of Policy and Advocacy Programs in the Public Policy Division of the Alzheimer's Association "As someone with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, I can identify with the joy that people still feel in living and being involved, despite their cognitive decline due to the condition. This exceptional collection of photographs captures this beautifully. You can almost touch the joy, love, and laughter that emanates from the people involved; it is so tangible, you are lovingly invited into each picture to share the moment".—Lynda A. Hogg, Board member of ADI and author of the report "Dementia: Impact on Relationships" "Seeing is believing. These vibrant in-the-moment images and brilliantly brief program and practice pearls will change teaching and conversations about "caring" among aging services and healthcare professionals. Love, Loss. and Laughter will alter expectations, relationships, perspectives, talking and behavior. Everyone affected by dementia stands to gain. Buy this book." —Lisa P. Gwyther, Co-author, The Alzheimer's Action Plan: A Family Guide, and Director of Duke Center for Aging Family Support Program "People with illnesses are more than their disease. This fact needs to be borne in mind especially with Alzheimer's, a (so far) irreversible brain disease whose most obvious effects are the steady deterioration of cognition and accompanying changes in the patient's interpersonal world . This inspiring book with its extraordinary photographs and text goes a long way towards reminding us of the basic humanity of those afflicted and of how we can meet the challenges Alzheimer's poses." — Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D., Dean of Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
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LWW Understanding Alzheimers Disease Anatomical Chart
Book SynopsisDefines Alzheimer's disease and discusses the aging brain, dementia, and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. This title shows and describes the abnormal cellular structures involved (granulovacuolar degeneration and neurofibrillary tangles) and explains how Alzheimer's disease destroys the way neurons 'talk' to each other.
£20.91
Thomas Nelson Publishers Fighting for My Life
Book SynopsisDiagnosed with a 91 percent risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because of her genes, retired nurse Jamie Tyrone has teamed up with Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, a leading neurologist, to create a clear, helpful guide for exploring the risks of genetic testing and for living productively in the shadow of Alzheimer’s.
£19.00
Baker Publishing Group A Healthy Brain for Life
Book SynopsisDrawing from the latest medical research, Dr. Richard Furman helps readers understand dementia and Alzheimer's and shows them how to make lifestyle changes that can reduce the likelihood of developing these diseases.
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Baker Publishing Group The Aging Brain
Book SynopsisIn this easy to use, research-driven guide, a Christian psychiatrist takes an in-depth look at the aging process, showing how we can keep our brains young and prevent dementia, allowing us to maintain vitality, a sharp mind, and independence as we age.
£11.69
Johns Hopkins University Press Remembering Home
Book SynopsisChaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia.Trade ReviewExceptionally well written and provides both an informed and compelling argument for selfhood affirming care and a practical guide on enriching the practices of residential care facilities. -- George S. Alexopoulous, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2009 Every long-term-care facility should make it available to staff members. Highly recommended. Choice 2009 Accessibe, and engaging... Remembering Home is predominantly geared towards providing advice for health care professionals and those engaged in caring for memory-challenged adults in health care facilities... is it also use for those family members and friends with loved-ones suffering from dementia. -- Jacqui Poltera, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2009 A sound reminder to all caregivers that all people have pasts, and those pasts are part of who they are today and create, in some ways, their future... Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia is a tool for families to remain connected to loved ones who are experiencing loss of memory... This person-centered approach to affirming older adults with dementia demonstrates the importance of sharing the past with the hope that it will make the journey of the future more meaningful and pleasant for all. -- M. Jean Keller, EdD Activities, Adaptation and Aging 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. Self and Dementia: Reframing the Relational Landscape2. Home: A Pathway to the Self in Dementia3. Home as a Setting for Lived Experience4. ''That Is My Home'': Home Stories and Guided Conversations5. Home Work: Putting Home Stories to Work in Dementia CareReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Remembering Home
Book SynopsisChaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia.Trade ReviewExceptionally well written and provides both an informed and compelling argument for selfhood affirming care and a practical guide on enriching the practices of residential care facilities. -- George S. Alexopoulous, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2009 Every long-term-care facility should make it available to staff members. Highly recommended. Choice 2009 Accessibe, and engaging... Remembering Home is predominantly geared towards providing advice for health care professionals and those engaged in caring for memory-challenged adults in health care facilities... is it also use for those family members and friends with loved-ones suffering from dementia. -- Jacqui Poltera, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2009 A sound reminder to all caregivers that all people have pasts, and those pasts are part of who they are today and create, in some ways, their future... Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia is a tool for families to remain connected to loved ones who are experiencing loss of memory... This person-centered approach to affirming older adults with dementia demonstrates the importance of sharing the past with the hope that it will make the journey of the future more meaningful and pleasant for all. -- M. Jean Keller, EdD Activities, Adaptation and Aging 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. Self and Dementia: Reframing the Relational Landscape2. Home: A Pathway to the Self in Dementia3. Home as a Setting for Lived Experience4. ''That Is My Home'': Home Stories and Guided Conversations5. Home Work: Putting Home Stories to Work in Dementia CareReferencesIndex
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Theft of Memory Losing My Father One Day at a
Book SynopsisA Library Journal Best Book of 2015National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation’s poorest and most vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father’s life and work as a nationally noted specialist in disorders of the brain and his astonishing ability, at the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, to explain the causes of his sickness and then to narrate, step-by-step, his slow descent into dementia. Dr. Harry Kozol was born in Boston in 1906. Classically trained at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, he was an unusually intuitive clinician with a special gift for diagnosing interwoven elements of neurological and psychiatric illnesses in highly complicated and creative people. “One of the most intense relationships of his career,” his son recalls, “was with Eugene O’Neill, who moved to Boston in the last years of his life
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Church Publishing Do This Remembering Me
Book SynopsisMemory loss should not be spiritual loss.Trade Review“Collette Bachand-Wood’s well-presented material offers clear pastoral advice and wisdom combined with the obvious joy she has found in her ministry. This is an essential work for all working with persons with dementia.”––The Rt. Rev. John L. Rabb, Chair, Board of Episcopal Health Ministries“Here is valuable insight into a world where spiritual reconnection and overall emotional support play a vital role in facing the challenges of the dreadful disease we call Alzheimer’s.”––Kristi Lyon, Support and Services at Home Coordinator, Cathedral Square Senior Living, Burlington, VT“Here you’ll find nourishment to be a companion to people living with dementia. Don’t buy a single copy of this book––buy several and splash them around your church!”––James Creasey, Founder and CEO of JiminyWicket.org“This work is a helpful pastoral care ministry tool, reminding us when ministering with older adults with cognitive loss to set aside our agendas and expectations and simply be present.”––Malinda Collier, Director of Lay Ministry Formation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA“This book is a great aid to those who love and minister to these often ‘forgotten’ people.” ––The Rev. Deacon Lois Howard, Lexington, KY"In his theology of childhood, Jerome Berryman, describes the importance of respecting the experience of God in each person. By watching, listening to, and being with those who may lack the language of faith, he adds, we can learn to know what they already know. Collette Bachand-Wood gently helps her readers apply that theology to those who have dementia. With stories, observations, and practical ministry tools, she eases our fears and gives us courage to find wholeness." ––Dorothy Linthicum, Program Coordinator, Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary
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Springer Publishing Company Bathing Without a Battle
Book Synopsis2008 AJN Book of the Year Winner! Like its popular predecessor, the new edition of Bathing Without a Battle presents an individualized, problem-solving approach to bathing and personal care of individuals with dementia. On the basis of extensive original research and clinical experience, the editors have developed strategies and techniques that work in both institution and home settings. Their approach is also appropriate for caregiving activities other than bathing, such as morning and evening care, and for frail elders not suffering from dementia. For this second edition, the authors have included historical material on bathing and substantially updated the section on special concerns, including: Pain Skin care Determining the appropriate level of assistance Transfers The environment An enhanced final section addresses ways to support caregivers by increasing their understanding of the care re
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Springer Publishing Co Inc Essentials for Dementia Care
Book SynopsisA succinct guide for nurses in adult health clinical settings about how to provide person-centred care for patients who have dementia as a concurrent condition. With an easy access format, it provides strategies for clinical management that make life easier for nurses while improving care for patients.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Discuss This
Book SynopsisThis exceptionally versatile game can be used in numerous ways to facilitate discussion, exchange ideas, examine issues, develop skills, therapy work, and training, in fact almost anything! It allows the user to have complete control over content and for players to feel it is totally relevant to them. The main activity of the game is around conversation or story telling. The group leader uses a list of 10 prepared questions pertinent to the subject to be discussed. Players answer questions, air views, exchange ideas, discuss topics in a non-threatening, easy to understand environment. This is an ideal way to encourage involvement and independent thinking about any aspect of life, environment or activity. The accompanying facilitator''s booklet includes full instructions and examples of application. Contents Game board; master question sheet, answer sheets, game pieces, dice, instructions.
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Goose Lane Editions Different Minds Living with Alzheimer Disease
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Their writing is candid, honest and infused with Ferrari's humour and Drew's sober optimism." * Edmonton Sun *"Their voices — that of caretaker and caretaken — mingle tenderly even as they offer a number of practical tips for coping with the day-to-day realities and emotional upheavals of the disease." * Atlantic Books Today *
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Golden Books But Then Something Happened A Story of Everyday Dementia
Book SynopsisMoving, highly topical memoir. The story of a family hit by a double dose of dementia. Mum gets Alzheimer's, Dad vascular dementia. Focus is on relationships: what happens to them as a couple, as parents. And on the family's emotional journey. Depicts dementia as a phase of life lived by both sufferers and carers. Laughter as well as tears.Trade Review'A wonderful book, beautifully written and a brilliant insight into so many facets of human life and how to cope with things. I have learnt so much about dementia.' Sian Livsey 'Written with great compassion and insight' Monique Turpin 'Chris describes herself as an 'amateur carer', yet in her book she covers every aspect of all that dementia can throw up. After she's told her story she outlines 'Ten life lessons from living with dementia', an exemplary text and guide and essential reading for all the professions involved. I highly recommend this book.' Sue Heiser, Journal of Dementia Care. 'The account is deeply insightful and always honest, sometimes criticising the insensitivity of doctors and others but also giving praise where it is due. The book will be helpful to anyone caring for a relative with dementia and also to all clinical and care staff who comes into contact with people with dementia, especially those in hospital and general practice.' John Wattis, Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
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Codfish Press On Pluto Inside the Mind of Alzheimers
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Secant Publishing Mom and Dementia and Me
Book SynopsisThis book is the personal memoir of a daughter who discovers and tries to manage the onset of Lewy body dementia in her mother. Written in clear English by a layperson, it is not technical or scientific. Instead, it highlights the daughter''s own experiences and lessons learned -- as well as mistakes -- as she embarks on an unwelcome journey. The aim of the book is to help others who suddenly find themselves in the role of caregiver, especially those who have little training or experience with dementia patients. It discusses issues such as recognising the early symptoms of dementia, how to adapt the home to support the person suffering from dementia, and how to secure and manage the services of medical doctors, home health care workers, and hospice nurses. It describes coping with the frightening symptoms of the disease, such as psychotic episodes, as well as some of the less serious side effects, such as brief memory losses. It also emphasises the power and the importance of humour when one is faced with a deadly disease. Lewy body dementia kills about 250,000 people a year in the United States. There is no cure. This book is candid and supportive in its discussion of how to prepare for the end.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia
Book SynopsisDramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia illuminates how targeted sessions of dramatherapy can improve the quality of life of elderly people with dementia.The book takes the reader through the dramatherapy experience of a group of people who display a feeling intelligence'; a quality that softens distress at vanishing words and clouded memories. Unique in its approach, not only to dramatherapy with elders and people with dementia, it presents an essential validation of older people's life stage development. Rather than being different or other', Jaaniste paints word pictures to show human qualities such people have in common with their dementia-free contemporaries. Readers will glean insights into the arts therapies, especially creative drama, meeting examples of elder wisdom, wit and resilience in dealing with life, but especially grief, loss, and deep questions that come with ageing. Enriched with vignettes and anecdotes baseTrade ReviewThis fascinating, innovative contribution to knowledge is invaluable to all those involved in the wellbeing of elders and people with dementia. It provides vivid accounts of research into practice and will inspire and support those working with client experiences of loss, grief or trauma and with the joys of living in the moment and of spirituality. I am deeply moved by the many examples that illuminate how drama and creativity can be brought into the lives of individuals and groups in ways that enhance their quality of life. The rigour of thinking offered by Jaaniste in her planning and devising, alongside the verve and deep empathy she brings to understanding the impact of her work is inspirational. Chapters on approaches in research, assessment and evaluation will speak to practitioners and researchers in a variety of professions. ‘Dramatherapy with elders and people with dementia’ enables learning to happen in a vivid way: reading this text takes us directly into the spaces and activities where change is happening and into the mind of a dramatherapist alive and alert to the meanings of her practice and how her own learning and insight can be shared with us to enable our own discoveries as readers. This is an important, key text in the fields of practice with elders and people with dementia, the arts therapies and dramatherapy. It deserves to be essential reading on professional courses and for practitioners and carers. Phil Jones, Professor Head of Research Ethics and Governance, UCL Institute of Education, author The arts therapies: A revolution in Healthcare (2nd ed.) and Drama as therapy volume 2: Clinical work and research into practice.This book summarises art therapies and dramatherapy and how to use such approaches with people living with dementia. This is a valuable textbook for health professionals looking for an alternative psychosocial approach to add to their dementia care toolkit. The chapter exploring intelligence of feeling and dramatherapy is significant in helping readers employ this approach. Wendy Moyle, Professor, Program Director Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University This book explores Western concepts of aging, dementia and dramatherapy, situated in the Australian context. It speaks to the value of working actively through dramatherapy to create connection with self and other, past and present, to meet the developmental tasks of living and ageing with dementia. Kirsten Meyer, PhD, dramatherapist.This book earns Joanna the absolute right to be considered a leading expert in the field of providing effective services with people with dementia. She skilfully combines research, examples of clinical practice and an overview of the ageing processes in this engaging and extremely readable book. Madeline Andersen-Warren, dramatherapist (retired), author and researcher.Table of ContentsForeword: Caroline Miller; 1. Life stages and transitions; 2. What is it like to have dementia?; 3. What is dramatherapy?; 4. Dramatherapy, dementia and quality of life: a research project; 5. Intelligence of feeling and dramatherapy; 6. The ethical debate about technology and artificial intelligence; 7. Trauma and intersubjectivity in dementia; 8. Grief and loss in old age; 9. The mystery of death; 10. Assessment and evaluation; 11. Conclusion; Afterword: Sue Jennings
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Austin Macauley Publishers Understanding and Improving the Effects of
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Austin Macauley Publishers Keep Your Brain Healthy From Dementia
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Blackstone Publishing Mike Me
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Cambridge University Press Stahls Illustrated Alzheimers Disease and Other
Book SynopsisDescribing the most common causes of dementia, this book reviews best practices for differentially diagnosing dementia and covers effective management strategies. Visual learners will find that this book makes the concepts easier to master and non-visual learners will appreciate the clear, shortened text on complex psychopharmacological concepts.Table of ContentsPreface; CME information; Objectives; Introduction; 1. Alzheimer's disease; 2. Lewy body dementias and other synucleinopathies; 3. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration and tauopathies; 4. Other dementias; 5. Treatment of secondary behavioral symptoms of dementia; Summary; References; Index; Optional posttest and CME certificate.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Loving Someone Who Has Dementia
Book SynopsisResearch-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 The Ambiguous Loss of Dementia: How Absence and Presence Coexist 1 2 The Complications of Both Loss and Grief 21 3 Stress, Coping, and Resiliency 37 4 The Myth of Closure 55 5 The Psychological Family 71 6 Family Rituals, Celebrations, and Gatherings 91 7 Seven Guidelines for the Journey 109 8 Delicious Ambiguity 137 9 The Good-Enough Relationship 155 Conclusion 167 A Note to Caregivers About Working with Health Care Professionals 173 Resources 181 Notes 187 About the Author 215 Index 217
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ageing Dementia and the Social Mind
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exploration of the sociology of dementia with contributions from distinguished international scholars and practitioners. Organised around the four themes of personhood, care, social representations and social differentiation,Table of ContentsNotes on contributors vii 1 Ageing, dementia and the social mind: past, present and future perspectives 1Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard 2 Relational citizenship: supporting embodied selfhood and relationality in dementia care 7Pia Kontos, Karen-Lee Miller and Alexis P. Kontos 3 Shifting dementia discourses from deficit to active citizenship 24Linda Birt, Fiona Poland, Emese Csipke and Georgina Charlesworth 4 Narrative collisions, sociocultural pressures and dementia: the relational basis of personhood reconsidered 37Edward Tolhurst, Bernhard Weicht and Paul Kingston 5 Power, empowerment, and person-centred care: using ethnography to examine the everyday practice of unregistered dementia care staff 52Kezia Scales, Simon Bailey, Joanne Middleton and Justine Schneider 6 Institutionalising senile dementia in 19th-century Britain 69Emily Stella Andrews 7 Dichotomising dementia: is there another way? 83Patricia Mc Parland, Fiona Kelly and Anthea Innes 8 When walking becomes wandering: representing the fear of the fourth age 95Katherine Brittain, Cathrine Degnen, Grant Gibson, Claire Dickinson and Louise Robinson 9 Re-imagining dementia in the fourth age: the ironic fictions of Alice Munro 110Marlene Goldman 10 Social class, dementia and the fourth age 128Ian Rees Jones 11 Precarity in late life: rethinking dementia as a ‘frailed’ old age 142Amanda Grenier, Liz Lloyd and Chris Phillipson Index 155
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St. Martin's Griffin The Problem of Alzheimers
Book SynopsisA definitive and compelling book on one of today''s most prevalent illnesses.In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer's, and more than half a million died because of the disease and its devastating complications. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their seventies and eighties, the number of patients will rise to an estimated 13.8 million by 2050. Part case studies, part meditation on the past, present and future of the disease, The Problem of Alzheimer''s traces Alzheimer's from its beginnings to its recognition as a crisis. While it is an unambiguous account of decades of missed opportunities and our health care systems' failures to take action, it tells the story of the biomedical breakthroughs that may allow Alzheimer's to finally be prevented and treated by medicine and also presents an argument for how we can live with
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leere Seven Sisters Of Eldonian Space
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