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Nasty, Brutish, and Long: Adventures in Eldercare
ISBN: 9781583333778 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Nasty, Brutish, and Long is a candid, humane, and improbably humorous look at the world of eldercare.
In nursing homes across the country, members of the Greatest Generation are living out their last days. Nasty, Brutish, and Long is a candid, humane, ...
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Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's: An Essential Guide
ISBN: 9781934716038 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent medical advances have made it possible to diagnose Alzheimer's when symptoms are mild and new drugs are under investigation to help slow progression of the disease. Today, when a person is diagnosed, they may have many years ahead with only mild symptoms. The result is that a growing number of people with early-stage Alzheimer's are seeking information about how to take charge of their lives, manage symptoms, and cope effectively with the disease.
Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's: An Essential Guide fills an enormous void by providing a thorough, practical guide... Recent medical advances have made it possible to diagnose Alzheimer's when symptoms are mild and new drugs are under investigation to help slow progre...
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Just A Word: Friends Encounter Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9781440475177 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today is the first day I've had the desire to write. I've thought about it for months, even years, but this is the first time I feel the need. I want to write of the struggle she's going through with this horrific disease; the everyday living. I want to write how the caregiver loses herself along with the victim. Victim--first time I've used that word. But there is no other word that best describes it. Carol is a victim of time. I've lost any thought that she'll get better. I've come to the conclusion I'm living alone, even though she's with me in body. She doesn't talk to me in...
Today is the first day I've had the desire to write. I've thought about it for months, even years, but this is the first time I feel the need. I want ...
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Jan's Story: Love Lost to the Long Goodbye of Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9781933016443 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen tells the tender story of his wife's battle with Early Onset Alzheimer's.
CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen tells the tender story of his wife's battle with Early Onset Alzheimer's.
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Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9781585428274 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ten Thousand Sorrows & Ten Thousand Joys offers a vision of lives well-led, and of love in the thick of crisis and loss. Beyond inspiring."-Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
"This beautiful book is unlike any other personal account of living with Alzheimer's disease that I have ever read . . . it offers patients and families practical insights into how they can live their lives more fully amidst the heartbreak of a mind-robbing illness."- Paul Raia, Director of Patient Care and Family Support, Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter "A story of... "Ten Thousand Sorrows & Ten Thousand Joys offers a vision of lives well-led, and of love in the thick of crisis and loss. Beyond inspiring."-Da...
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Love, Laughter & Mayhem: Caregiver Survival Manual For Living With A Person With Dementia
ISBN: 9781609100902 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of stories about people with dementia the author has known, loved, and worked with. Every story teaches family caregivers how to better care for, and interact with, their loved one with any type of dementia such as Alzheimer's.
A collection of stories about people with dementia the author has known, loved, and worked with. Every story teaches family caregivers how to better c...
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There Is No Place Like Home I: Caring For Someone You Love When They Have Dementia
ISBN: 9781440440823 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hands on guide explaining how to care for someone you love who has dementia. This step by step plan spells out in detail what needs to be done to keep that loved one at home safely.
A hands on guide explaining how to care for someone you love who has dementia. This step by step plan spells out in detail what needs to be done to ke...
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185,05 |
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When Can I Go Home?
ISBN: 9780615314891 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Alzheimer's Disease
ISBN: 9780313381102 / Angielski / Twarda / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alzheimer's disease is a vastly underrecognized disease that primarily appears in patients age 65 and older. It affects the entire family of those afflicted and has a tremendous impact on our health care system--the Alzheimer's Association estimates the cost of treating this form of dementia at $172 billion annually in the United States. Current treatment with medications has only limited success. Therefore, awareness of symptoms--which are often mistaken for aging or stress--and early recognition of the disease are the best ways to help patients and their... Alzheimer's disease is a vastly underrecognized disease that primarily appears in patients age 65 and older. It affects the entire family of those ... |
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Dementia: The Monster Within
ISBN: 9780982695739 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most families have "skeletons" in the closet. For my wife's family, there was a Monster, a type of dementia that robs loving, intelligent individuals of everything-their dignity, their personality, their memory, their finances, and their minds. The "skeletons" are the remains of loved ones after the Monster has finished with them. The family members who are not devoured by this beast are, even so, crippled and maimed by its effects on their loved ones. Little did I know when Evelyn and I married in 1970 that this "Jabberwock" would come a'calling on us. My wife at age 60 is now vastly gone,...
Most families have "skeletons" in the closet. For my wife's family, there was a Monster, a type of dementia that robs loving, intelligent individuals ...
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137,00 |
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Alzheimer's in America: The Shriver Report on Women and Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9781451639872 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this transformational moment. The Report will digest the current trends in thinking about Alzheimer's, examine cutting-edge medical research, look at societal impacts, and include a groundbreaking and comprehensive national poll. It will feature original photography and personal essays by men and women - some from the public arena with names you know, some from everyday America - sharing their personal struggles with the disease as patients, caregivers...
The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this tr...
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78,29 |
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Love, Laughter, & Mayhem in Eldercare Facilities: The Master Key for Dementia Training
ISBN: 9781609106256 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Keith's one-stop-shopping guide for giving staff the crucial training required to be the most effective and knowledgeable caregivers to residents with dementia offers insights into a caregiver's work ethic and how to turn demanding family members into friends.
Keith's one-stop-shopping guide for giving staff the crucial training required to be the most effective and knowledgeable caregivers to residents with...
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Every Day is New Again: Understanding Dementia
ISBN: 9781456346423 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the result of four years of information gathering in preparation for Dr. Turner's eight hour Dementia courses. It focuses less on the biological causes and effects and more on understanding the psychological and sociological impact of each stage of Dementia. This information will have a direct impact on day to day interaction with dementia clients; and allow one to see the person inside the disease. There are two chapters dedicated to Alzheimer's - a form of Dementia. While not dismissing the need for understanding the biological impact, there will be a portion on neuro-anatomy....
This book is the result of four years of information gathering in preparation for Dr. Turner's eight hour Dementia courses. It focuses less on the bio...
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Alzheimer's Healing: Safe and Simple by Nature
ISBN: 9781456448615 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While existing drugs do little and the 'cure' for Alzheimer's is years away, Big Pharma backed researchers are quietly filing patents for Alzheimer's drugs based on safe, natural food based substances. Why? Because if these supplements become widely known, big profits will never be made from derivatives. But you can use these same safe, affordable and easily obtained substances now. This book is unique in that it takes all the current nutritional solutions, based on science- real research- and puts them into an easy to follow program so you don't have to figure it out by yourself. You'll...
While existing drugs do little and the 'cure' for Alzheimer's is years away, Big Pharma backed researchers are quietly filing patents for Alzheimer's ...
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I Can Still Laugh: Stories of Inspiration and Hope from Individuals Living with Alzheimer's
ISBN: 9781439239391 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thirteen men and women reveal their personal struggles with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Remarkably, every one of them finds ways to minimize the effects of their illness and continue to live exciting, active lives. Their mission is to make themselves - and everyone else around them - forget the notion that life ends with a diagnosis. Their secret to doing so lies in concentrating on strengths, not weaknesses, an approach they have learned at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas, where these individuals participate in the Stark Club, a special group that...
Thirteen men and women reveal their personal struggles with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Remarkably, every one of them finds ways to minim...
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Memory Care Guidebook
ISBN: 9780615411309 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A clear, concise and practical guide, "Memory Care Guidebook" presents an array of situations a family caring for a loved one with dementia might find itself in, and real, proven solutions families have used to overcome these problems.
A clear, concise and practical guide, "Memory Care Guidebook" presents an array of situations a family caring for a loved one with dementia might find...
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100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss
ISBN: 9780316086844 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most people think there is little or nothing you can do to avoid Alzheimer's. But scientists know this is no longer true. In fact, prominent researchers now say that our best and perhaps only hope of defeating Alzheimer's is to prevent it.
After best-selling author Jean Carper discovered that she had the major susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's, she was determined to find all the latest scientific evidence on how to escape it. She discovered 100 surprisingly simple scientifically tested ways to radically cut the odds of Alzheimer's, memory decline, and other forms of dementia. Did... Most people think there is little or nothing you can do to avoid Alzheimer's. But scientists know this is no longer true. In fact, prominent researche...
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Treating Dementia in Context : A Step-by-Side guide to Working with Individuals and Families
ISBN: 9781433809361 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dementia is a life-altering diagnosis for patients and loved-ones alike. The progressive disease causes cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that can frustrate the efforts of even the most dedicated caregivers. Given the uniquely personal nature of dementia symptoms, treatment can be a supremely challenging experience, even for seasoned health care professionals. In this book, authors Susan McCurry and Claudia Drossel present a clear and practical blueprint for psychologists, physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals who work with dementia patients and...
Dementia is a life-altering diagnosis for patients and loved-ones alike. The progressive disease causes cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes t...
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Wandering Explorers: Practical Dementia For Families and Caregivers
ISBN: 9781849914567 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description Wandering Explorers is a guide for families who are making the lengthy and agonizing journey through the course of a loved one's dementia. The title itself reminds us of the devastation that occurs in the brain - leading to wandering and confusion. And yet, there remains a curious human drive to explore and find purpose of life. Understanding this duality in dementia patients turns what is otherwise an apathetic family tragedy into a meaningful terminal event. This book is written in easy to understand terms and describes a multitude of aspects of brain disease including the... Description Wandering Explorers is a guide for families who are making the lengthy and agonizing journey through the course of a loved one's dem... |
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Mental Health: A Student Nurse Account
ISBN: 9781849914574 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mental Health: A student account, a detailed low down of work on a busy dementia ward, seen through the eyes of a student nurse undertaking a 12 hour shift. Read of the highs and lows of working within the rewarding career of mental health. Experience first hand the sorrow and laughter of caring for individuals with diverse needs in a world where the bottom line and cost cutting is paramount, and what you see may not be what you get. Also take a tour through voluntary services, through a unique diary and discover how they are run, for better or worse. This book is an invaluable resource for...
Mental Health: A student account, a detailed low down of work on a busy dementia ward, seen through the eyes of a student nurse undertaking a 12 hour ...
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