{"product_id":"dignity-for-deeply-forgetful-people-9781421442501","title":"Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's.   How do we approach a deeply forgetful loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the world encouraging caregivers to become more aware ofand find renewed hope insurprising expressions of selfhood despite the challenges of cognitive decline. In this book, Post offers new perspectives on the worth and dignity of people with Alzheimer's and related disorders despite the negative influence of hypercognitive values that place an ethically unacceptable emphasis on human dignity as based on linear rationality and strength of memory. This bias, Post argues, is responsible for the abusive exclusion of this population from our shared humanity. With vignettes and narratives, he argues for a deeper dignity grounded in consciousness, emotional p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers for deeply forgetful people.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. In Praise of Caregivers and Dignity\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. Hope in Caring for Deeply Forgetful People: Why It Matters and Where to Find It\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. Answers to Sixteen Questions Caregivers Ask from Diagnosis to Dying\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. The Seventeenth Question: Preemptive Physician-Assisted Suicide (PPAS) for Alzheimer's Disease: A Caution\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. A Caregiver's Ethical Purpose: Preserving Dignity, Ten Manifestations of Care, and Respect for the Whole Story of a Life \u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. Respecting the Preferences of Deeply Forgetful People in Health Care and Research\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven. \"Is Grandma Still There?\" The Mystery of Continuing Self-Identity\u003cbr\u003eAn Epilogue. North Wind\u003cbr\u003eA Caregiver Resilience Program: Meeting Alzheimer's: Learning to Communicate and Connect\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529537691991,"sku":"9781421442501","price":20.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421442501.jpg?v=1731876007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dignity-for-deeply-forgetful-people-9781421442501","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}