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The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people with Alzheimer disease, other dementias, and memory loss / Nancy L. Mace, MA, Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH.
Holman Biotech Commons RC523 .M33 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mace, Nancy L., Author.
- Rabins, Peter V., author.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins Press health book
- A Johns Hopkins Press health book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Home care--Popular works.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Senile dementia--Patients--Home care--Popular works.
- Senile dementia.
- Dementia--Patients--Home care--Popular works.
- Dementia.
- Home care services--Popular works.
- Home care services.
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Medical Subjects:
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 451 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 8th edition.
- Other Title:
- Thirty-six-hour day
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A trusted guide for 40 years, provides expert, compassionate advice on caring for people with dementia. The updated eighth edition includes the latest in diagnostics, treatments, prevention, and caregiver support, with practical tips for managing symptoms, avoiding burnout, and accessing additional help.
- Contents:
- Dementia
- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia or mild cognitive impairment
- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia
- Problems in independent living
- Problems arising in daily care
- Medical problems
- Managing the behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia
- Symptoms associated with mood change and suspiciousness
- Special arrangements if you become ill
- Getting outside help
- You, your family, and the person who has dementia
- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you
- Caring for yourself
- Financial and legal issues
- Long-term care arrangements
- Preventing and delaying cognitive decline
- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia
- Research in dementia.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, this updated edition provides a compassionate guide to understanding and managing dementia, highlighting recent advances in diagnosis, treatment, and research"--Provided by publisher
- ISBN:
- 9781421452463
- 1421452464
- 9781421452456
- 1421452456
- OCLC:
- 1522761450
- Publisher Number:
- 90103258045
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