Navigating Life with Dementia is designed as a handbook including tools to manage both day-to-day issues and to anticipate the long-term impact of the disease for dementia patients as well as their friends and families. This volume will help families in all stages of dementia care, beginning with the earliest hints of cognitive problems through advanced stages. In easily understood language, the book thoroughly covers the complexities of the dementias, the establishment of a diagnosis, what to expect throughout the stages of disease, and how to best anticipate and manage common problems.
Navigating Life with Dementia is designed as a handbook including tools to manage both day-to-day issues and to anticipate the long-term impact of the disease for dementia patients as well as their friends and families. This volume will help families in all stages of dementia care, beginning with the earliest hints of cognitive problems through advanced stages. In easily understood language, the book thoroughly covers the complexities of the dementias, the establishment of a diagnosis, what to expect throughout the stages of disease, and how to best anticipate and manage common problems.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
James M. Noble, MD, MS, CPH, FAAN is Associate Professor of Neurology, in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, and the G.H. Sergievsky Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is a neurologist and epidemiologist specializing in dementia and related cognitive disorders, with a longstanding dedication to sensitively helping patients and caregivers face the challenges brought about by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Through listening to and working with patients and their families, he brings a decidedly humanistic approach to his clinical work and has been particularly interested in improving the health of potentially under-resourced communities. He is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Arts & Minds, which provides weekly art-centered for experiences dementia patients and their caregivers based in multiple New York City museums, aiming to reduce dementia caregiver stress and burden. He has directed neurological education programs at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he leads NIH-supported research to directly improve the neurological health literacy of communities in New York City and beyond.
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* Preface * Introduction * Chapter 1: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Normal Changes of Aging-What's the Difference? * Chapter 2: Diagnosing Dementia * Chapter 3: The Stages of Dementia * Chapter 4: Where, Why, and How Dementia Affects the Brain * Chapter 5: Alzheimer's Disease * Chapter 6: Dementia with Lewy Bodies * Chapter 7: Frontotemporal Dementia * Chapter 8: Vascular Dementia * Chapter 9: Less Common Causes of Dementia * Chapter 10: Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia * Chapter 11: Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia * Chapter 12: Lifestyle Management and Nonpharmacologic Therapies for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers * Chapter 13: Dementia Care Support * Chapter 14: Monitoring and Maintaining Independence, Safety, and Mobility * Chapter 15: Advance Care Planning * Epilogue * Appendix A: Nuclear Medicine Imaging * Appendix B: The Lumbar Puncture * Appendix C: Resources * Appendix D: Clinical Trials and Other Research Study Opportunities * Glossary * (Index)
* Preface * Introduction * Chapter 1: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Normal Changes of Aging-What's the Difference? * Chapter 2: Diagnosing Dementia * Chapter 3: The Stages of Dementia * Chapter 4: Where, Why, and How Dementia Affects the Brain * Chapter 5: Alzheimer's Disease * Chapter 6: Dementia with Lewy Bodies * Chapter 7: Frontotemporal Dementia * Chapter 8: Vascular Dementia * Chapter 9: Less Common Causes of Dementia * Chapter 10: Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia * Chapter 11: Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia * Chapter 12: Lifestyle Management and Nonpharmacologic Therapies for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers * Chapter 13: Dementia Care Support * Chapter 14: Monitoring and Maintaining Independence, Safety, and Mobility * Chapter 15: Advance Care Planning * Epilogue * Appendix A: Nuclear Medicine Imaging * Appendix B: The Lumbar Puncture * Appendix C: Resources * Appendix D: Clinical Trials and Other Research Study Opportunities * Glossary * (Index)
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