Status
Available
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Publication
Washington, DC : Hospice Foundation of America
ISBN
9781893349056
Description
Covers a medical overview of Alzheimer's and other dementias, programs and services for patients and caregivers, grief, hospice and public policy issues.
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CONTENTS:
pt. I. Alzheimer's and other dementias -- 1. The coming crisis : aging, dementia, and society / Kenneth J. Doka -- 2. Alzheimer's disease : biology and therapy / Sam Gandy, Ralph N. Martins, Joseph Buxbaum -- 3. Dementias other than Alzheimer's / Parag Dalsania -- 4. Culture, ethnicity, and dementia / Kenneth J. Doka -- 5. Intellectual disabilities and Dementia / Phillip McCallion, Mary McCarron -- pt. II. Personal perspectives on Alzheimer's -- 6. Journeys into Alzheimer's / Lin Noyes -- 7. Something was not right / Thaddeus M. Rauschi -- 8. Into the hands of strangers / Wayne & Terry Baltz -- 9. Still here, wherever here is / Elizabeth Halling -- pt. III. Helping patients and caregivers adapt -- 10. Grief and dementia / Kenneth J. Doka -- 11. Grief therapy for cognitively impaired individuals / Lawrence T. Force -- 12. Assessing grief in family caregivers / Thomas M. Meuse, Samuel J. Marwit, Sara Sanders -- 13. Styles and strategies of caregiving spouses / Mary A. Corcoran -- 14. Spirituality and Alzheimer's disease / Earl A. Grollman -- pt. IV. Facing the future -- 15. Alzheimer's disease and the challenge for hospice / Charles A. Corr, Karen M. Corr, Susan M. Ramsey -- 16. Alzheimer's and the (underused) Medicare hospice benefit / Leslie Fried -- 17. Ethical challenges of end-of-life care for dementia patients / Jennifer Kapo, Jason Karlawish -- 18. Alzheimer's disease and the quality of life / Bruce Jennings -- 19. Resources / Lisa McGahey Veglahn.
pt. I. Alzheimer's and other dementias -- 1. The coming crisis : aging, dementia, and society / Kenneth J. Doka -- 2. Alzheimer's disease : biology and therapy / Sam Gandy, Ralph N. Martins, Joseph Buxbaum -- 3. Dementias other than Alzheimer's / Parag Dalsania -- 4. Culture, ethnicity, and dementia / Kenneth J. Doka -- 5. Intellectual disabilities and Dementia / Phillip McCallion, Mary McCarron -- pt. II. Personal perspectives on Alzheimer's -- 6. Journeys into Alzheimer's / Lin Noyes -- 7. Something was not right / Thaddeus M. Rauschi -- 8. Into the hands of strangers / Wayne & Terry Baltz -- 9. Still here, wherever here is / Elizabeth Halling -- pt. III. Helping patients and caregivers adapt -- 10. Grief and dementia / Kenneth J. Doka -- 11. Grief therapy for cognitively impaired individuals / Lawrence T. Force -- 12. Assessing grief in family caregivers / Thomas M. Meuse, Samuel J. Marwit, Sara Sanders -- 13. Styles and strategies of caregiving spouses / Mary A. Corcoran -- 14. Spirituality and Alzheimer's disease / Earl A. Grollman -- pt. IV. Facing the future -- 15. Alzheimer's disease and the challenge for hospice / Charles A. Corr, Karen M. Corr, Susan M. Ramsey -- 16. Alzheimer's and the (underused) Medicare hospice benefit / Leslie Fried -- 17. Ethical challenges of end-of-life care for dementia patients / Jennifer Kapo, Jason Karlawish -- 18. Alzheimer's disease and the quality of life / Bruce Jennings -- 19. Resources / Lisa McGahey Veglahn.