Diseases category: 10428 books
by Kedar Deodhar, Arun Chitale
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Histopathological evaluation is the gold standard in the diagnosis of malignant tumors and chronic diseases of visceral organs like liver, kidney and lungs. Histopathological analysis provides information that helps the clinician to choose the most appropriate treatment modality and assists in prognostication....
by Beth Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
As the Baby Boomer Generation continues to age, experts predict that dementia will become epidemic. Caught in the middle are their loved ones who struggle to take care of them.
In The Long Goodbye, Beth Patterson brings to light the suffering and grief of all who are affected by this terrible...
Playfulness and Dementia
A Practice Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Establishing playfulness as an essential component of dementia care, this positive and uplifting book will be key in changing attitudes and providing ideas for new and valuable ways of interacting and being with individuals with the condition.
John Killick explores the nature of playfulness...
Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia
A Guide for Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Drawing on the author's first-hand experiences with families, this book provides crucial, accessible information and answers the difficult questions that often arise when a family member with an intellectual disability is diagnosed with dementia.
Linking directly to policy and practice in both...
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia
How to Communicate without Speech
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them.
Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this...
Enhancing Health and Wellbeing in Dementia
A Person-Centred Integrated Care Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Every person living with dementia is entitled to the highest standards of wellbeing and health and social care services. This in-depth, evidence-based book identifies how outstanding quality integrated care might be achieved, whether in residential or home-based settings.
Experienced dementia...
Poetry and Dementia
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Poetry is an engaging and inclusive activity for older people that can help develop memory, imagination and identity. This book provides guidance on setting up and monitoring poetry projects for people living with dementia in group care homes and individual families. It explains the benefits of creative...
Understanding Behaviour in Dementia that Challenges, Second Edition
A Guide to Assessment and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field. This revised second edition guide to assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge associated with dementia includes these latest developments along with...
Operation Caregivers
#LifewithDementia
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
When military intelligence officer, Col. Powe, is stricken with dementia, it quickly becomes a family affair. For more than a decade, it would turn out, Powe had been keeping a very non-classified secret from his family -- his wife had Alzheimer's. Daughters Michelle Powe and Alexandra Allred are...
Are the Keys in the Freezer?
An Advocate's Guide for Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Are the Keys in the Freezer? is an artful blend of practical advice and the compelling story of a family's search for the right care for their mother with dementia.
This well-researched book is a must-read for families in the US looking for resources and ideas about care facilities, hospices,...
by Karrie Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?
Drawing on over ten years' experience of working with people with dementia, Karrie Marshall provides a toolkit of tried and tested creative...
Dementia in the Family
Practical Advice From a Caregiver
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Approximately six million people have some form of dementia in North America, and they each have an average of five care partners. This number is growing each year and will continue to grow until a cure is found. There are books that are very clinical and books that are fictional, but 'Dementia in...
Neither Married Nor Single
When Your Partner has Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
When Dr. David Kirkpatrick’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007, their lives—and their marriage—would change forever. In an honest, uplifting, and sometimes heartbreaking account of loving a partner with dementia, Dr. Kirkpatrick creates a clear guide for others in similar...
Scattered
My Year As An Accidental Caregiver
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
In November 2009 Jana Panarites was scrambling to make ends meet in LA. Her career spiraling out of control, she didn't think life could get any worse until she learned of her father's sudden death two days before Thanksgiving. She flew east for the funeral, and was forced to confront her future head-on...