The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people with Alzheimer disease, other dementias, and memory loss in later life by Mace, Nancy L, Rabins, Peter V instant download

The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people with Alzheimer disease, other dementias, and memory loss in later life by Mace, Nancy L, Rabins, Peter V instant download

Includes index, 1. Dementia -- What is dementia? -- The person with dementia -- Where do you go from here? -- 2. Getting medical help for the person with dementia -- The evaluation of the person with a suspected dementia -- Finding someone to do an evaluation -- The medical treatment and management of dementia -- The physician -- The nurse -- The social worker -- The geriatric care manager -- The pharmacist -- 3. Characteristic behavioral symptoms of dementia -- The brain, behavior, and personality : why people with dementia do the things they do -- Caregiving : some general suggestions -- Memory problems -- Overreacting, or catastrophic reactions -- Combativeness -- Problems with speech and communication -- Problems the person with dementia has in making himself understood -- Problems the person with dementia has in understanding others -- Loss of coordination -- Loss of sense of time -- Symptoms that are better sometimes and worse at other times -- 4. Problems in independent living -- Mild cognitive impairment -- When a person must give up a job -- When a person can no longer manage money -- When a person can no longer drive safely -- When a person can no longer live alone -- When you suspect that someone living alone is getting confused -- What you can do -- Moving to a new residence, 5. Problems arising in daily care -- Hazards to watch for -- In the house -- Outdoors -- In the car -- Highways and parking lots -- Smoking -- Hunting -- Nutrition and mealtimes -- Meal preparation -- Mealtimes -- Problem eating behaviors -- Malnutrition -- Weight loss -- Choking -- When to consider tube feeding -- Exercise -- Recreation -- Meaningful activity -- Personal hygiene -- Bathing -- Locating care supplies -- Dressing -- Grooming -- Oral hygiene -- Incontinence (wetting or soiling) -- Urinary incontinence -- Bowel incontinence -- Cleaning up -- Problems with walking and balance ; falling -- Becoming chairbound or bedbound -- Wheelchairs -- Changes you can make at home --…