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A guide to giving care to people with Alzheimer disease. This third edition is written in large print and retains the structure, scope and purpose of the original book, while updating chapters to reflect developments in medical research and the delivery of care. Topics that have been added or extensively revised for this edition include: terminology and statistics; the evaluation of persons with dementia; the laws on driving; hospice care; assisted living facilities and financing care; other types of dementia; findings on eating and nutrition; and medical research in areas such as drugs, genetics and diagnostic tests. The revised appendices include: new bibliographic references; Web sites; and updated addresses of associations and state offices.
Contents
Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Preface to the First Edition
1 Dementia
2 Getting Medical Help for the Impaired Person
3 Characteristic Problems of Dementia
4 Problems in Independent Living
5 Problems Arising in Daily Care
6 Medical Problems
7 Problems of Behavior
8 Problems of Mood
9 Special Arrangements If You Become Ill
10 Getting Outside Help
11 You and the Impaired Person as Parts of a Family
12 How Caring for an Impaired Person Affects You
13 Caring for Yourself
14 For Children and Teenagers
15 Financial and Legal Issues
16 Nursing Homes and Other Living Arrangements
17 Brain Disorders and the Causes of Dementia
18 Research in Dementia
App. 1. Further Reading
App. 2. Organizations
App. 3. Locating Your State Office on Aging and State Nursing Home Ombudsperson
App. 4. Nursing Home Residents' Rights
Index
