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Your name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks : a caregiver's guide to Alzheimer's
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Title
Your name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks : a caregiver's guide to Alzheimer's / Lela Knox Shanks ; with a foreword by Steven H. Zarit.
ISBN
0803293283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803293281 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080324245X (hbk.)
9780803242456 (hbk.)
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Physical Description
xviii, 191 p. ; 23 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN JWJ Zan Sh188 996Y: Dust jacket. Author's presentation inscription dated 5 Apr. 1999 to Bob [Robert] Giard.
Notes
Previous hardback ed. published in 1996.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.
Contents
The symptoms and stages of Alzheimer's disease
How Alzheimer's started in Hughes
The three stages of the disease
The humanity of the Alzheimer's patient
Techniques for successful in-home management
Learning to live in the world of Dementia
The Alzheimer's patient and cleanliness
The importance of establishing procedures
Dealing with problem behavior
Surviving the stress of caregiving
Twenty coping strategies
Finding relief from twenty-four-hour caregiving
Hopes and rewards
The future of Alzheimer's patients and caregivers
The new life of the caregiver and its rewards.
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