Latest Dementia Books

Now Available: June 2009

2009-06-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia

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"A unique work. This wide-ranging critique of the current approach to the care of persons with dementia and memory impairment provides a much-needed prescription for change." - Peter V. Rabins, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day "One of the most creative scholars in the area of dementia practice reminds in an unforgettable way that memory is more than we think and also less." - Peter J. Whitehouse, Case Western Reserve University, coauthor of The Myth of Alzheimer's "With her big ideas and sharp criticism, Anne Basting is a vital part of the Alzheimer's community. I don't always agree with her, but I'm sure glad she's a part of this important conversation." - David Shenk, author of The Forgetting"

Dementia Care: Nurse to Nurse

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"The Nurse to Nurse" series brings the advice of the foremost experts in the field to nurses in clinical practice. From the co-director of Johns Hopkins University's neuropsychiatry clinic and a senior faculty member at the Copper Ridge Institute, comes the first pocket-sized reference for generalist nurses on care for clients with dementia. This handy, portable reference assists generalist nurses and other healthcare providers deal with one of the most emotionally-trying and fear-inducing disorders that they face in clinical practice.

Table of Contents
Nursing Care for Clients with Dementia
1. Key features of dementia
2. Definition of other complicating psychiatric and medical conditions
3. Recognition and management of delirium in the person with dementia.
4. Daily care
5. The 5 D approach to behavior problems.
6. Common behavior problems, risk factors and response.
7 Creating activities for the person with dementia
8. The use of companions and sitters
9 Communication with the health care team
10. Transferring of the patient and essential information for their care to another provider.

Published and Now Available: May 2009

2009-05-08T01:45:00.000-07:00

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Keeper: Living with Nancy

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Alzheimer's made my mother-in-law violent and cruel. And I finally snapped when she knocked me to the floor

The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science

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In The Alzheimer’s Project, HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health illuminate the vital breakthroughs occurring in Alzheimer’s research.

Alzheimer's 911: Help, Hope, and Healing for the Caregiver

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With humor, sensitivity and clarity, Frena draws on her over 20 years as a hands-on caregiver taking the approach to look at the inner world of people with Alzheimer's (or any kind of dementia) similar to when she was a foreign correspondent in Asia and India- looking with fresh and curious eyes to understand the people from their perspective, without judgments.She shares secrets of successful dementia care giving and reveals the deep spiritual and emotion growth possible in dementia. Even within the losses of Alzheimer's, insightful caregivers can discover their possible radiance and humor. This journey of continuing inner growth can renew the purpose and courage of the caregiver, while bringing peace and resolution to the elder.Most importantly, Frena shows how the care giving journey can bestow a whole new set of wonderful life skills on the caregiver. She demonstrates that there is nothing in meditation, prayer and spiritual practice that you can't learn as a dementia caregiver. In addition, you can have a whole lot of fun.

Books Published in April 2009

2009-05-07T04:56:00.000-07:00

36 Days Apart
A memoir of a daughter, her parents and the Beast named - Alzheimer's: A story of Life, Love and Death

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From Back Cover:
Caring for my parents, who were both strickened with Alzheimer’s presented me with many challenges that I faced head on and overcame. Alzheimer’s also presented me with one challenge I didn’t want to face and that was how to be a parent to my parents. I needed them to hug me when I felt scared and that feeling never went away.
Saying goodbye to my father simply taught me how to lose one parent. It did not prepare me for the loss of my mother 36 days later. When Dad died, my world was dramatically altered, yet I still had Mom. When Mom died I loss all ties – my history and sense of connection to the past. I lost the final buffer between me and death.
My identity has changed dramatically since the death of my parents. Nobody calls me “daughter” anymore, no one to monitor my good deeds and my bad deeds. I’m on my own and now face the reality of understanding grief, not as a passage, but as an ongoing journey of grieving in slow motion.

The Alzheimer's Action Plan
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Five million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, with a new diagnosis being made every seventy-two seconds. Millions more are worried or at risk due to mild memory loss or family history. Although experts agree that early diagnosis and treatment are essential, many people with memory loss and their families---and even their doctors---don’t know where to turn for authoritative, state-of-the-art advice and answers to all of their questions.
Now, combining the insights of a world-class physician and an award-winning social worker, this groundbreaking book tells you everything you need to know, including:
The best tests to determine if this is---or is not---Alzheimer’s disease
The most (and least) effective medical treatments
Coping with behavioral and emotional changes through the early and middle stages
Gaining access to the latest clinical trials
Understanding the future of Alzheimer’s
Clear, compassionate, and empowering, The Alzheimer’s Action Plan is the first book that anyone dealing with mild memory loss or early Alzheimer’s must-read in order to preserve the highest possible quality of life for as long as possible.

Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose About Alzheimer's Disease
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This is a literary collection that illumines the darkness of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is now estimated to affect one in two persons over the age of eighty and is being diagnosed in people as young as fifty. For the many people now trying to cope with a loved one suffering from this tragic disease, this collection will provide solace and valuable insight for family members as well as for those in the medical community who work with anyone afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. "Beyond Forgetting" is a unique collection of poetry and short prose about Alzheimer's disease written by 100 contemporary writers - doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, daughters, sons, wives, and husbands - whose lives have been touched by the disease. Through the transformative power of poetry, their words enable the reader to move 'beyond forgetting', beyond the stereotypical portrayal of Alzheimer's disease to honor and affirm the dignity of those afflicted. With a moving foreword by poet Tess Gallagher, this anthology forms a richly textured literary portrait encompassing the full range of the experience of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease. Because the writers share their personal stories as well as their poems and prose, this collection will be a valuable companion to anyone embarking on this difficult journey. In their honest, deeply moving, and compassionate portrayals, the voices collected here help illumine the darkness of this passage and help us see, as one of the contributors put it, 'the unlikely light shining deep within it'.

PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
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This practical guide contains all the science and clinical information needed to help the reader make informed decisions about the applications of brain PET to improve the care of patients with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Beginning with an introduction to goals and limitations of the clinical evaluation of dementia, Dr. Dan Silverman and his distinguished group of contributors cover the role of functional imaging, clinical interpretation of brain FDG-PET scans, FDG-PET in the evaluation of early dementia, microstructural imaging of neurodegenerative changes, amyloid imaging, imaging non-neurodegenerative causes of cognitive impairment, tools for assisting PET scan interpretation in the clinical setting, and PET evaluation of central motor disorders. There is also a complete collection of clinical cases that practitioners are likely to encounter in their daily practice. Enhanced with numerous PET brain scans throughout, this book fills a rapidly growing need in the medical imaging field.