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The Encyclopedia of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias / Joseph Kandel, Christine Adamec.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kandel, Joseph, author.
- Adamec, Christine, author.
- Series:
- Facts on File library of health and living
- Facts on File Library of Health and Living
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alzheimer's disease--Encyclopedias.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Dementia--Encyclopedias.
- Dementia.
- Diseases.
- World health.
- Disease.
- Global Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disease.
- Global Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Facts on File, [2021]
- Contents:
- Abuse and neglect
- Accidents related to dementia
- Activities of daily living
- Adaptive devices and changes to the home
- Adult day care
- Aggressive behaviors
- Alerts for missing seniors
- Alternative treatments
- Alzhheimer's disease
- Alzheimer's disease and mortality
- Antipsychotics for treating dementia
- Anxiety and dementia
- Assisted living facilities
- Baby Boomers
- Balancing medications in dementia patients
- Brain-role in Alzheimer's and dementia
- Cancer in dementia patients
- Caregivers and caregiver burnout
- Chronic pain and pain management
- Confusion caused by dementia
- Coping with dementia-related behavior issues
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Death and dementia
- Dehydration in dementia patients
- Delirium and dementia
- Dementia
- Dementia patients living at home
- Dental care for dementia patients
- Depression in dementia patients
- Diabetes in dementia patients
- Diagnosing dementia
- Down syndrome and dementia
- Driving realities and restrictions
- Durable power of attorney
- Early-onset Alzheimer's
- Emergency care for dementia patients
- Falls in dementia patients
- Family disagreements
- Flu and pneumonia vaccines and Alzheimer's disease
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Future direction of Alzheimer's care
- Genetic risks for Alzheimer's disease
- Heart disease in dementia patients
- Hiding items behavior
- Home health care
- Hospitalization
- Huntington's disease
- Infections and Alzheimer's disease
- Korsakoff dementia
- Lewy body dementia
- Long-distance caring
- Manging medications
- Medicaid issues
- Medicare issues
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Military veterans with dementia
- Mixed dementia
- Music to improve dementia patients' mood
- Neurologists treating dementia patients
- Nursing homes
- Nutritional challenges
- Paranoia
- Parkinson's disease
- Personal hygiene
- Personality changes
- Pets and therapy animals
- Prescribed medications
- Race and ethnicity in Alzheimer's and dementia
- Recognizing family members in dementia care
- Research on dementia
- Respite care
- Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
- Senior aides for dementia patients
- Signs of Alzheimer's or dementia
- Stages of Alzheimer's
- Sundowning
- Support groups for families of dementia patients
- Testing and evaluation for Alzheimer's
- Toileting
- Urinary tract infections
- Vascular dementia
- Wandering behavior.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on publisher website ; title from digital cover (viewed on August 23, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781438183480
- 1438183488
- Publisher Number:
- 99991358862
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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