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A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.: 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins (2017, Hardcover)
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Authors: Nancy L. Mace, MA; Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH. This 6th Edition includes updated information on Edition: 6th Edition, Revised and Updated. Format: Hardcover (HC).
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-101421422220
ISBN-139781421422220
eBay Product ID (ePID)228734035
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Name36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss
Publication Year2017
SubjectEldercare, Caregiving, Diseases / Alzheimer's & Dementia, Geriatrics
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
AuthorNancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Health & Fitness, Medical
SeriesA Johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number6
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-033545
Reviews"" The 36-Hour Day, 6th edition , serves as an essential guidebook full of detailed, practical, and compassionate advice for those caring for a PWD. This edition, released 36 years after the original, continues to provide relevant, practical, and up-to-date advice to those providing care to an individual with memory loss. The 36-Hour Day continues to serve as the gold-standard care guide for millions of dementia caregivers."", The 36-Hour Day, 6th edition , serves as an essential guidebook full of detailed, practical, and compassionate advice for those caring for a PWD. This edition, released 36 years after the original, continues to provide relevant, practical, and up-to-date advice to those providing care to an individual with memory loss. The 36-Hour Day continues to serve as the gold-standard care guide for millions of dementia caregivers.
Dewey Edition23
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Dewey Decimal616.8/31
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThrough five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on - devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia - strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms - changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws - palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship - dementia due to traumatic brain injury - choosing a residential care facility - support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members The central idea underlying the book--that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them--remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide., After 35 years, still the indispensable guide for countless families and professionals caring for someone with dementia. Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on * devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia * strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms * changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws * palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship * dementia due to traumatic brain injury * choosing a residential care facility * support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members The central idea underlying the book--that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them--remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide., Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been the ""bible"" for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. This book offers much-needed information and support to millions of people throughout the world. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, or another form of dementia, he or she will struggle with independent living and most likely face medical, behavioral, mood, and legal and financial problems. This essential resource will help family members and caregivers address all of these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Thoroughly revised and updated, this sixth edition features easy-to-see take-away messages about every aspect of caregiving. Informed by new research into the causes of dementia and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition also includes new and expanded information on what we know about how to prevent dementia and the diseases that cause dementia; new high-tech and low-tech devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia; behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms; strategies for delaying symptoms in a person who has dementia; changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws; changes in banking practices with regard to competency; palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship; Continuing Care at Home programs; Parkinson's related dementia; dementia due to traumatic brain injury choosing and moving a person to residential care; and support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members The central idea underlying the book--that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them--remains the same. Still very much the book readers turn to, this fresh edition of The 36-Hour Day is the definitive guide for those who continue to love someone even after he or she has been changed by dementia., Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been the ""bible"" for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. This book offers much-needed information and support to millions of people throughout the world. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, or another form of dementia, he or she will struggle ......, After 35 years, still the indispensable guide for countless families and professionals caring for someone with dementia. Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on - devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia - strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms - changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws - palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship - dementia due to traumatic brain injury - choosing a residential care facility - support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members The central idea underlying the book--that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them--remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.
LC Classification NumberRC523.M33 2017
