Learning to speak Alzheimer's, a groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease, Joanne Koenig Coste
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Learning to speak Alzheimer's, a groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease, Joanne Koenig Coste
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-228) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Learning to speak Alzheimer's
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bibliography
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Joanne Koenig Coste
Sub title
a groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease
Summary
A new approach to dealing with Alzheimer's disease offers a five step method for caring for people with progressive dementia, while offering hundreds of practical tips to ease life for patients and caregivers
Table Of Contents
The ticking meter -- Seeking a correct diagnosis -- What to expect : making the first decisions -- Habilitation, the new approach -- Seeing the world from the patient's perspective -- Tenet #1 : make the physical environment work -- Tenet #2 : know that communication remains possible -- Tenet #3 : focus on remaining skills -- Tenet #4 : live in the patient's world : behavioral changes -- Tenet #5 : enrich the patient's life -- Caring for the care partner -- Receiving home care -- Receiving care outside of a family home -- Inspiration -- Appendix. Good food for people with Alzheimer's
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