Andrew E. Budson (Prof, Prof, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare Sy, O'Connor, Maureen K., PsyD (Prof, Prof, Bedford Veterans Administrat

Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

A Guide for Families

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Guide for Families begins by explaining Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and how to manage problems with memory, language, vision, emotion, behavior, sleep, and bodily functions. Next discussed are which medications help-and which make things worse. Caring for yourself and building a care team are then covered, as well as how to sustain your relationship. Final chapters discuss the progression of dementia, the eventual death, and how to plan for life afterwards. It is written in an easy-to-read style, featuring clinical vignettes and character-based stories that provide real-life examples of how to successfully manage Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9780190098124
• ISBN-10: 0190098120
• Artikelnr.: 62159463

Autorenporträt

Andrew E. Budson Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VA Boston Healthcare System Associate Director & Education Core Leader, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine Lecturer in Neurology, Harvard Medical School Maureen K. O'Connor Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center Department of Psychology

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Step 1 Understand dementia
* 1 What is dementia?
* 2 What is Alzheimer's disease?
* 3 Which other disorders cause dementia?
* Step 2 Manage problems
* 4 How to approach problems in dementia
* 5 How to manage memory problems
* 6 How to manage language problems
* 7 How to manage vision problems
* 8 How to manage emotional problems
* 9 How to manage behavioral problems
* 10 How to manage sleep problems
* 11 How to manage problems with bodily functions
* Step 3 Ask about medications
* 12 Which medications can worsen thinking, memory, behavior, or
function?
* 13 Which medications can improve thinking, memory, behavior, or
function?
* Step 4 Build your care team
* 14 Why and how should you care for yourself?
* 15 How do you build your care team?
* Step 5 Sustain your relationship
* 16 Why is it important to sustain your relationship?
* 17 What are some ways to sustain your relationship?
* Step 6 Plan for the future
* 18 How to plan for the progression of dementia
* 19 How to plan for the end and beyond
* Glossary (with additional disorders and neuroanatomy)
* Further resources
* About the authors
* Index