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What If It's Not Alzheimer's
A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia
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Alternate Title:
Alzheimer's
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Publisher:
Amherst, N.Y. - Prometheus Books
Pages:
360
Edition:
Rev ed
ISBN:
9781591025849, 1591025842
Language:
English
Contents:
The ABCs of neurodegenerative dementias / Martin Rossor
What is frontotemporal dementia? A clinical perspective / Murray Grossman
The role of genetics: a piece in the FTD puzzle / Jennifer M. Farmer, Elisabeth McCarty-Wood
Finding the "A" team: creating a collaboration of health professionals / Carol F. Lippa
Therapeutic interventions: therapy and nonmedical options / Richard J. Caselli, Roy Yaari, Lauren MacLennan
Rehabilitation interventions: uses and benefits of speech, occupational, and physical therapies / Keith M. Robinson
As the symptoms progress: understanding the stages of the disease / Carol F. Lippa
An immortal legacy: how donation of human tissues impacts research and drives advances in diagnosis and therapy / Jennifer M. Farmer ... [et al.]
Searching for the answers: the future of research and clinical care / Jordan Grafman
Self-expression and safe eating: understanding speech, swallowing, and nutrition / Erica Wollman
A step ahead: exercise and mobility / Heather J. Cianci
Challenging the mind: activities and socialization / Lisa Ann Fagan
Fostering personal care: hygiene, dressing, and eating / Lisa Ann Fagan
Within these walls: creating a safe and supportive environment / Lisa Ann Fagan
Altered relationships: adapting to emotions and behavior / Katherine P. Rankin
A balance of health: maintaining general medical care practices / Bruce L. Miller, Rosalie Gearhart
Final choices: coping with end-of-life concerns / Jeannette Castellane
Professional caregiving: using health community services / Judith L. Fisher, Susan Riley
Home away from home: nursing home and assisted-living options / Morris J. Kaplan
By the hands of others: creating helpful support networks / Helen-Ann Comstock
Money matters: securing financial and legal readiness / Paul L. Feldman, Kent S. Jamison
A daily break: respite and personal care for the caregiver / Vivian E. Greenberg
From loss to life: managing emotions and
What is frontotemporal dementia? A clinical perspective / Murray Grossman
The role of genetics: a piece in the FTD puzzle / Jennifer M. Farmer, Elisabeth McCarty-Wood
Finding the "A" team: creating a collaboration of health professionals / Carol F. Lippa
Therapeutic interventions: therapy and nonmedical options / Richard J. Caselli, Roy Yaari, Lauren MacLennan
Rehabilitation interventions: uses and benefits of speech, occupational, and physical therapies / Keith M. Robinson
As the symptoms progress: understanding the stages of the disease / Carol F. Lippa
An immortal legacy: how donation of human tissues impacts research and drives advances in diagnosis and therapy / Jennifer M. Farmer ... [et al.]
Searching for the answers: the future of research and clinical care / Jordan Grafman
Self-expression and safe eating: understanding speech, swallowing, and nutrition / Erica Wollman
A step ahead: exercise and mobility / Heather J. Cianci
Challenging the mind: activities and socialization / Lisa Ann Fagan
Fostering personal care: hygiene, dressing, and eating / Lisa Ann Fagan
Within these walls: creating a safe and supportive environment / Lisa Ann Fagan
Altered relationships: adapting to emotions and behavior / Katherine P. Rankin
A balance of health: maintaining general medical care practices / Bruce L. Miller, Rosalie Gearhart
Final choices: coping with end-of-life concerns / Jeannette Castellane
Professional caregiving: using health community services / Judith L. Fisher, Susan Riley
Home away from home: nursing home and assisted-living options / Morris J. Kaplan
By the hands of others: creating helpful support networks / Helen-Ann Comstock
Money matters: securing financial and legal readiness / Paul L. Feldman, Kent S. Jamison
A daily break: respite and personal care for the caregiver / Vivian E. Greenberg
From loss to life: managing emotions and
Notes:
"Includes vital information on Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)"
"Updated and rev."--Cover and spine
"Suggested reading": p. 349-352
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Updated and rev."--Cover and spine
"Suggested reading": p. 349-352
Includes bibliographical references and index
Statement of Responsibility:
edited by Lisa Radin & Gary Radin ; foreword by John Q. Trojanowski
Physical Description:
360 p. ill. ; 23 cm
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