Alzheimer's - Finding the Words: A Communication Guide for Those Who Care |
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Author:
Harriet Hodgson
By Wiley
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List Price: $16.95
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Product Description
Former president Ronald Reagan's disclosure of his Alzheimer's disease has helped show the country that Alzheimer's is nothing to be ashamed of and getting it is no one's fault. Alzheimer's is a common condition that currently afflicts 4 million Americans and touches another 20 million family members who care for them. From the point of view of someone who's been there, Alzheimer's: Finding the Words shows family members how the disease affects speech -- and how to communicate with a faltering mind. This helpful communication guide also includes a short-term memory questionnaire, the latest research findings, and insightful interviews with physicians, caregivers, family members, and patients.
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Book: Alzheimer's - Find the Words..., 2008-06-23
This is a wonderful, common-sense book for those dealing with a loved one with Alzheimer's. We found it so helpful and insightful that we ordered additional copies.
Thank God there is help, 2008-02-28
Without this book my wife and I would not have survived my Mother in law last few years.
For patients in the advanced stages, 2003-03-29
This book will probably be helpful to me later, but because it deals more with patients in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, it's not helpful in my situation. Perhaps the problem is with the description or title of the book as I couldn't tell the content until I'd bought it. I gave it 3 stars because it is probably good for latter-stage patient care-givers.
not one of the best, 2002-03-27
I may have read too many books on Alzheimer's but this book was not as encouraging or as informative and many of the others I have read.
A Wonderful Guide, 2001-12-05
"Finding the words" to communicate with someone who has Alzheimer's is a problem-- especially after many words have lost their meanings to that person. Harriet Hodgson, the daughter of an Alzheimer's patient, has done an excellent job in giving us a guidebook for communicating in the daily struggle all caregivers go through, as she gives us many antidotes from her personal experience with her mother. In this book, we learn about communication at all stages of the disease, the causes of communication problems, and how to "run interference" or "identifying and dealing with the obstacles before they deal with us." We can't fix things; we can't make everything right for the person with Alzheimer's, but we can try to achieve better communication, realizing, as the author says in her epilogue: "It isn't easy for caregivers to find the words they want. Some days we succeed; other days we fall short of our goal. The important thing is that we're trying to improve communication. And that we keep on trying because we care."
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.831
EAN: 9780471346579
ISBN: 0471346578
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1995-05-24
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley |
