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The Dementia Caregiver
A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders
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2015
Summary
Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated—and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because of the nature of these disorders, the only way to become an effective caregiver and cope with the role’s many daily challenges is to become well-informed about the disease. With the right information, resources and tips on caregiving and working with professionals, you can become your own expert at both caring for your charge and taking care of yourself.
In these pages, Marc Agronin guides readers through a better understanding of the changes their loved one may be going through, and helps them tap into the various resources available to them as they embark on an uncertain caregiving journey. Insisting that a caregiver also maintain his or her own health and well being, Agronin guides caregivers in their efforts to provide care, but to also look to themselves as recipients of care from themselves and others. Shedding light on the debilitating disorders themselves as well as their everyday realities, this book is a much-needed resource for anyone caring for another person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3191-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3192-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
289
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1 Normal and Abnormal Cognitive Changes No access Pages 9 - 14
2 Seeking an Answer No access Pages 15 - 28
3 The Spectrum of Neurocognitive Disorders No access Pages 29 - 34
4 Alzheimer’s Disease No access Pages 35 - 52
5 Vascular Dementia No access Pages 53 - 58
6 Frontotemporal Dementia No access Pages 59 - 66
7 Dementia with Lewy Bodies No access Pages 67 - 74
8 Medical Causes of Neurocognitive Disorders No access Pages 75 - 88
9 Caregiving During Mild Stages No access Pages 89 - 106
10 Caregiving During Moderate Stages No access Pages 107 - 124
11 Caregiving During Advanced Stages No access Pages 125 - 134
12 Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Problems, and Apathy No access Pages 135 - 152
13 Agitation and Psychosis No access Pages 153 - 172
14 Dealing with Common Medical Issues No access Pages 173 - 192
15 Caring for the Caregiver No access Pages 193 - 206
