Your Guide to Health: Alzheimer's
eBook - ePub

Your Guide to Health: Alzheimer's

Reliable Information for Patients and Their Families

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Your Guide to Health: Alzheimer's

Reliable Information for Patients and Their Families

About this book

Discover reliable, helpful advice for coping with Alzheimer's for patients and their caregivers. For those of you who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or are caregivers of Alzheimer's patients, there are many treatments and supports that can help slow the progress of the disease and make it more bearable. Alzheimer's is not one of those diseases that you want to ignore—education about the disease is very important. The key to Alzheimer's is being aware of the warning signs and symptoms.That's where Your Guide to Health: Alzheimer's can help. All of the information in this book will allow you to discuss options with your doctor and make the path towards treatment less daunting. You'll be amazed to find out how much support there is for dealing with this very difficult condition.

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Information

Publisher
Everything
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781593376963

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: What Is Alzheimer’s?
  6. Chapter 2: Alzheimer’s: The Differential Diagnosis
  7. Chapter 3: Your Physical Examination
  8. Chapter 4: Coping With the Diagnosis
  9. Chapter 5: Personality, Mood, and Behavioral Changes
  10. Chapter 6: Medical Treatment for Alzheimer’s
  11. Chapter 7: Caregivers Coping and Caring
  12. Chapter 8: Caregiving at Home
  13. Chapter 9: Choosing Care Outside the Home
  14. Chapter 10: Community, State, and
  15. Chapter 11: Insurance, Financial, and Legal Issues
  16. Appendix A: Alzheimer’s Associations
  17. Appendix B: Books about Alzheimer’s
  18. Appendix C: Questions to Ask the Nursing Home
  19. Index
  20. Copyright