Coping with the Influx of Dementia Patients - The need to involve the communities and church groups with medical and social program initiatives

ISBN-13: 9783836429726 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 148 str.

Herminia Thacker

Opis

Alzheimers, like a thief in the night, slowly steals the mind until only anempty shell remains. In a little over four decades, over 100 million individualsworldwide will fall victims to Alzheimers Disease. There is no cure. It is adeath sentence in agonizing slow motion. Who will provide long-term care tobrain-damaged family members? What motivates them? Why do they do it?How long can they continue to assume an active role?This work investigates a world engulfed in isolation and deprivation, as wellas changes that occur over time in providing care to the walking dead. Thisbook is addressed to health care professionals, social service providers, theclerics, and the general public.