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Summary: Gold Standard
Review: Well written and informative book. Very practical for concerned family members. I use this book as the gold standard of information for the familiy members of clients I am working with.
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Summary: This book is for your Entire Family; it is a survival guide.
Review: When our family first learned that our Mother had Alzheimer disease, we were devastated. After we all read "The 36-Hour Day", there was a great deal of relief. Although Alzhemier and other dementing illnesses can seem catastrophic, this book reads like a freindly family doctor givng you straight forward, no-nonsense advice. It covers all aspects of dealing with the family member, from explaining just what dementia is and how it can appear, to how you can deal with it appropriately without losing your patience or embarrasing your family member. Medical help, daily care, medical problems, behavior, mood, legal issues, common compassion and basic 'rules of thumb' are thoroughly covered. Several "examples" of previous family incidents are mentioned with thoughts on how to address each and every one. Great care has been crafted into this book and I highly recommend it. You will feel better, thus making the family member you are helping feel better.
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Summary: This book is for your Entire Family; it is a survival guide.
Review: When our family first learned that our Mother had Alzheimer disease, we were devastated. After we all read "The 36-Hour Day", there was a great deal of relief. Although Alzhemier and other dementing illnesses can seem catastrophic, this book reads like a freindly family doctor givng you straight forward, no-nonsense advice. It covers all aspects of dealing with the family member, from explaining just what dementia is and how it can appear, to how you can deal with it appropriately without losing your patience or embarrasing your family member. Medical help, daily care, medical problems, behavior, mood, legal issues, common compassion and basic 'rules of thumb' are thoroughly covered. Several "examples" of previous family incidents are mentioned with thoughts on how to address each and every one. Great care has been crafted into this book and I highly recommend it. You will feel better, thus making the family member you are helping feel better.
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Summary: A thoroughly revised edition of the best guide of its kind.
Review: When The 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins was first published in 1981, this indispensable guide for families caring for people with Alzheimer disease was immediately recognized as the best handbook of its kind, enthusiastically recommended by physicians, friends, and family members. Changes in the treatment of Alzheimer disease necessitated a revised edition in 1991. And in the eight years since then, nearly every aspect of caring for people with Alzheimer disease has been transformed, from advances in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, theories about its cause and research into methods of prevention, the nature of the health care industry and medical insurance, and the resources available to families caring for a person with Alzheimer disease. (Even the illness itself is now called Alzheimer disease, not Alzheimer's.) In response to these changes, the authors have thoroughly updated the book the Chicago Sun-Times described as "the best guide of its kind." Readers will find in the third edition of The 36-Hour Day the latest information on: the financing and delivery of care in today's health care marketplace; the genetics of Alzheimer disease, which has special importance for family members who may be concerned about their risk of developing the disease; recent trends in research on the treatment of Alzheimer and about other dementia-causing diseases; new drug treatments which hold promise for improving the quality of life for persons with dementia; testing people for Alzheimer disease; eating and nutrition; assisted living facilities and hospice care; recent books, videos, and websites where families can find educational or comforting information; the addresses, telephone numbers, and websites of Alzheimer organizations and state agencies on aging. The one component of The 36-Hour Day which has not changed in any edition is the human element of living with the illness and caring for people with Alzheimer disease, from day-to-day problems (personal hygiene, wandering, and irritability, for example) to major decisions families will have to face: telling a parent that they may no longer be able to live alone, placing a family member in a nursing home, or coping when a spouse develops the symptoms of Alzheimer disease. As Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, writes in his foreword to the 3rd edition: "The 36-Hour Day is written for those who know something about life, hate to lose a person they cherish, and seek ways to bring assistance in living to him or her . . . It has served well in its prior appearances and should accomplish even more with this edition."
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Summary: A great book for families and patients
Review: Written for families and patients with Alzheimer's, this is a practical, non-judgmental and complete book on caring and caregiving. Combines practical advice with specific examples.
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