The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias
Record details
- ISBN: 9781421441702
- ISBN: 1421441705
- ISBN: 9781421441719
- ISBN: 1421441713
- ISBN: 9781421441726
- ISBN: 9781421441733
- ISBN: 142144173X
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Physical Description:
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xv, 341 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: 7th edition.
- Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Dementia -- What is dementia? -- The person who has dementia -- Where do you go from here? -- 2. Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- 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 in people who have dementia -- The brain, behavior, and personality : why people who have 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 who has dementia experiences in making himself understood -- Problems the person who has dementia experiences 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 -- Managing the early stages of dementia -- 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 developing dementia -- What you can do -- Moving to a new residence -- 5. Problems arising in daily care -- Hazards to watch for -- In the house -- Outdoors -- Riding 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 -- 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 bedfast -- Wheelchairs -- Changes you can make at home -- Should environments be cluttered or bare? -- 6. Medical problems -- Pain -- Falls and injuries -- Pressure sores -- Dehydration -- Pneumonia -- Constipation -- Medications -- Dental problems -- Vision problems -- Hearing problems -- Dizziness -- Visiting the doctor -- If the ill person must enter the hospital -- Seizures, fits, or convulsions -- Jerking movements (myoclonus) -- The death of the person who has dementia -- Cause of death -- Dying at home -- Hospice and palliative care -- Dying in the hospital or nursing home -- When should treatment end? -- What kind of care can be given at the end of life? -- 7. Managing the behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia -- The six R's of behavior management -- Concealing memory loss -- Wandering -- Why people wander -- The management of wandering -- Sleep disturbances and night wandering -- Worsening in the evening ("Sundowning") -- Losing, hoarding, or hiding things -- Rummaging in drawers and closets -- Inappropriate sexual behavior -- Repeating the question -- Repetitious actions -- Distractability -- Clinging or persistently following you around ("Shadowing") -- Complaints or insults -- Taking things -- Forgetting telephone calls -- Demands -- Stubbornness and uncooperativeness -- When the person who has dementia insults the sitter -- Using medication to manage behavior -- 8. Symptoms associated with mood change and suspiciousness -- Depression -- Complaints about health -- Suicide -- Alcohol or drug abuse -- Apathy and listlessness -- Remembering feelings -- Anger and irritability -- Anxiety, nervousness, and restlessness -- False ideas, suspiciousness, paranoia, and hallucinations -- Misinterpretation -- Failure to recognize people or things (agnosia) -- "You are not my husband" -- "My mother is coming for me" -- Suspiciousness -- Hiding things -- Delusions and hallucinations -- Having nothing to do -- 9. Special arrangements if you become ill -- In the event of your death. |
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