The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have alzheimer disease, related dementias, and memory loss /

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Author / Creator:Mace, Nancy L.
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Description:xxiv, 353 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:A Johns Hopkins Press health book
Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8540563
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Varying Form of Title:Thirty-six hour day
Other authors / contributors:Rabins, Peter V.
ISBN:9781421402796 (hardcover)
1421402793 (hardcover)
9781421402802 (pbk.)
1421402807 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:Dementia -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Nursing homes and other living arrangements -- Preventing or delaying cognitive decline -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.