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The hidden victims of Alzheimer's disease : families under stress / Steven H. Zarit, Nancy K. Orr, Judy M. Zarit.
LIBRA RC523 .Z37 1985
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zarit, Steven H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Stress (Psychology).
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Services for.
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Community Health Services.
- Counseling.
- Family.
- Home Nursing.
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients.
- Medical Subjects:
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Community Health Services.
- Counseling.
- Family.
- Home Nursing.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Families under stress.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 1985.
- Summary:
- An invaluable resource guide for anyone working with persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease, this is the first book to present a step-by-step program to help families cope with the day-to-day problems arising from this disease. Using detailed case examples, the authors offer unique and effective strategies to hlep the family-and the patient-have enjoyable and more productive lives. Well written and eminently practical guide for families struggling with the burdens of Alzheimer's disease. -Peter V. Rabins, M.D., John Hopkins University School of Medicine, author of Thirty-Six Hour Day An outstanding book dealing knowledgeably and sensitively with a painful disease affecting millions of American familes. -Robert N. Butler, M.D., Brookdale Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 209-213.
- ISBN:
- 0814796621
- 081479663X
- OCLC:
- 11756424
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