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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
414 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The book presents a comprehensive look at the typical symptoms associated with dementia, current findings regarding common causes of the disease, and gives essential tips for managing the day-to-day challenges of caring for someone with dementia."--Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An easy-to-follow, research-based guide to the simple, low-cost lifestyle choices you can make to reduce the risk or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Develop a personalized plan, including recipes, brain-training games, exercises. Includes advice for caregivers"--
83) Little sister
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thunderstorms are rolling across the summer sky. Every time one breaks, Rose Bowan loses consciousness and has vivid, realistic dreams about being in another woman's body. Is Rose merely dreaming? Or is she, in fact, inhabiting a stranger? Disturbed yet entranced, she sets out to discover what is happening to her, leaving the cocoon of her family's small repertory cinema for the larger, upended world of someone wildly different from herself. Meanwhile...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks at the role that diet plays in brain health and the prevention of cognitive decline and offers a diet designed to ensure that the brain gets the nutrients it needs to function at its best, along with eighty recipes full of brain nutrients.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The creator of the MIND diet, which is backed by scientists, doctors and organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association and AARP, offers this practical, day-by-day guide to eating for weight loss, vitality and a lifetime of optimal cognitive function"--
86) The line between
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost to cause madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic cult escapee Wynter Roth, it's the end she'd always been told was coming"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
65 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book was written to help families understand both Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Dementias, individually and when they co-exist in the same person. It will provide the facts to sort out if symptoms of both dementias are present ... It covers about 98 percent of the symptoms, complexities and how they collide." - back cover.
Author
Series
Mulberry Park novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The beautiful Victorian house that Amy Masterson decides to rent, fully furnished, is more than just a place to start over with her young daughter. When Amy learns that the three-story house on Sugar Plum Lane belonged to her great-grandmother, Eleanor Rucker, she discovers a window into the past she knows almost nothing about. As Amy settles into Fairbrook, she's stunned to learn that Ellie Rucker still lives on Sugar Plum Lane, cared for by Amy's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 637 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Provides basic consumer health information about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer disease and other dementias, along with tips for coping with memory loss and related complications and advice for caregivers. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dementia journey for both caregiver and patient can be chaotic and scary, and while there is no cure for dementia, there ARE interventions that can help make the journey a calmer and more comfortable one. Barbara Huelat offers practical strategies to mitigate the turbulence of dementia care"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
6th edition, revised and updated.
Physical Desc
xx, 393 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. Mace and Robins provide practical and specific advice to make care easier, improve quality of life, and lift the spirits of a family dealing with Alzheimer disease.
92) Capone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, suffering from syphilis and dementia, comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 294 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Caring for your loved one living with a form of dementia in the home setting can create challenges those on the outside can only imagine. Without a strong support system and hands-on skills, this very difficult job can easiuly leave caregivers feel stressed, overwhelmed, and isolated. Learn how to build a care environment that best balances your loved one's needs with your own well-being and abilities.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
65 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book was written to help families understand both Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Dementias, individually and when they co-exist in the same person. It will provide the facts to sort out if symptoms of both dementias are present ... It covers about 98 percent of the symptoms, complexities and how they collide." - back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Stump always has a fantastic time with his grandparents, filled with flowers, puzzles, crosswords, and endless love. But one day, Stump's grandfather starts to lose his memory-- and his words, which literally fall from him. Stump tries his best to keep the lost words safe, collecting them in a special box. But Grandpa seems to forget more and more everyday, and the situation comes to a head one snowy night when Stump wakes up to find Grandpa missing....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book provides the reader with an overview of the basics in relation to dementia, dealing with different areas of the dementia journey: pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, post-diagnostic support, increasing care needs and support, and end of life care. Written by people from different backgrounds and disciplines, the book endeavours to raise awareness of dementia; challenge stereotypical and negative ideas about what it means to have dementia; and champion...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Know which stage of dementia your loved one or patient experiences to customize your caregiving techniques. In this training program, Teepa Snow explains the appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity programs and much more. Learn: how to calmly convince your loved one or patients to stop driving ; how to safeguard your relationship with your loved one or patient as the disease...
99) Relic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay's concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she's been clashes with Sam's unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back.
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