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Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Saunders' window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation...
3) The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. Mace and Robins provide practical and specific advice to make care easier, improve quality of life, and lift the spirits of a family dealing with Alzheimer disease.
"Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sally Hepworth, the newest breakout star of domestic suspense delivers her next twisty novel about family secrets and lies in The Younger Wife. Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest. Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper....
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nel Stewart returns home due to the sudden death of her mother, she realizes her beloved father, Jakob, is struggling with dementia. With the reappearance of a high-school sweetheart, deliveries from Ukraine addressed to her, and the discovery of a mysterious, vintage aquamarine gemstone, Nel senses God is pulling her into the past to restore their faith and their futures. Told partially through Jakob's flashbacks of fleeing genocide-ridden eastern...
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The book presents a comprehensive look at the typical symptoms associated with dementia, current findings regarding common causes of the disease, and gives essential tips for managing the day-to-day challenges of caring for someone with dementia."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Raised by a widowed mother, Connie, Jill has come a long way from her difficult youth. Now with a young family of her own, it's Jill's turn to care for her ailing mother. When early dementia begins to set in, Connie starts talking about Jill's 'other life.' Connie's stories about Jill's childhood and her father's early death had never quite added up, but she assumes these this 'other life' is just rambling confusion. When a strange man shows up to...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Dementia Connection Model is a recipe to connect families in a way that produces positive interactions and preserves their loved one's level of functioning for as long as possible. The model brings together three concepts in dementia care of what is happening to the person with Alzheimer disease and, more importantly, why these things are happening as the person's condition progresses and how to intervene successfully"--
10) Carolina moonset
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Joey Green has returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, with its palmettos and shrimp boats, to look after his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia, while his overstressed mother takes a break. Marshall Green's short-term memory has all but evaporated, but, as if in compensation, his oldest memories are more vivid than ever. His mind keeps slipping backwards in time, retreating into long-ago yesterdays of growing up in Beaufort as a boy. At...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. Mace and Robins provide practical and specific advice to make care easier, improve quality of life, and lift the spirits of a family dealing with Alzheimer disease.
Author
Publisher
Atmosphere Press
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 2012, Carolyn Birrell flew down to Georgia to kidnap her mother. Fay had been living by herself since her husband's death in 2000 and clung fiercely to her independence. She went to church on Sundays, paid her bills on time, and volunteered at Vacation Bible School every summer. But at 79 years old, she'd begun showing escalating signs of early-stage dementia, each one making it harder for her daughter to discount as simple signs of aging. After...
13) The memory book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When a rare genetic disorder brings dementia, steals away her memories, and produces physical deterioration, a high school valedictorian with big plans to flee her small town records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.
Author
Publisher
Independently published
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Rev. Dr. E. Carolyn Wills has been in ministry for forty years and continues to preach at their local church. Her greatest joy is her family; her husband of 64 years, their three children and five grandchildren. She lives with her husband in a cabin built in 1905 in the Colorado mountains.This is her first (and last) book but the story needed to be told." --back cover.
16) Supernova
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A gay couple, one a musician, the other a novelist, embark on a road trip as dementia starts to take hold of one of them.
Author
Series
Mulberry Park novels volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Publisher
MEternally, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Reminiscence therapy is an activity which promotes the sharing of memories and the telling of stories. Favorite Things products help people connect to one another through the reminiscence of their own favorite things. Whether one-on-one or in a group setting, the ability to share life experiences and advice with others enhances our sense of worth and general well-being. Favorite things products stimulate memories through the vibrant pictures and video...
19) TailSpin
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are assigned to protect Dr. MacLean, a physician with frontal lobe dementia that could compromise his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean's role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they'd kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock...
Publisher
MEternally, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Reminiscence therapy is an activity which promotes the sharing of memories and the telling of stories. Favorite Things products help people connect to one another through the reminiscence of their own favorite things. Whether one-on-one or in a group setting, the ability to share life experiences and advice with others enhances our sense of worth and general well-being. Favorite things products stimulate memories through the vibrant pictures and video...
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