The 36-Hour Day
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The 36-Hour Day

A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

  1. 473 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The 36-Hour Day

A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

About this book

With over 4 million copies sold, the best-selling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now redesigned, revised, and updated!

For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the book's authoritative and compassionate approach to care features discussions of the causes of dementia and the management of its symptoms from the early stages to late-stage disease.

This edition highlights the significant advances in diagnostic testing, treatment, and research that have occurred in recent years. Offering useful takeaway messages and informed by the latest practices in dementia care, this new edition has been thoroughly updated. It features

• updated information on prevention, new diagnostic methods and criteria, and advances in medication therapy;
• essential insights on everything from home care aides to useful apps to promising preventive techniques and therapies; and
• practical advice for avoiding caregiver burnout—plus tips for when and how to get additional help.

Like earlier editions, the eighth edition focuses on improving the lives of those with dementia and memory loss as well as those who love and care for them. The definitive guide to dementia care, The 36-Hour Day offers readers compassionate guidance and a ready resource for every step of the journey.

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Information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781421452470
Edition
8
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Caregiving

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. Dementia
  10. Chapter 2. Getting Medical Help for the Person Who Has Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment
  11. Chapter 3. Characteristic Behavioral Symptoms in People Who Have Dementia
  12. Chapter 4. Problems in Independent Living
  13. Chapter 5. Problems Arising in Daily Care
  14. Chapter 6. Medical Problems
  15. Chapter 7. Managing the Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
  16. Chapter 8. Symptoms Associated with Mood Change and Suspiciousness
  17. Chapter 9. Special Arrangements If You Become Ill
  18. Chapter 10. Getting Outside Help
  19. Chapter 11. You, Your Family, and the Person Who Has Dementia
  20. Chapter 12. How Caring for a Person Who Has Dementia Affects You
  21. Chapter 13. Caring for Yourself
  22. Chapter 14. Financial and Legal Issues
  23. Chapter 15. Long-Term Care Arrangements
  24. Chapter 16. Preventing and Delaying Cognitive Decline
  25. Chapter 17. Brain Disorders and the Causes of Dementia
  26. Chapter 18. Research in Dementia
  27. Index