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Informationen zum Autor Sandy Braff, M.F.T. is a licensed individual, marriage, and family therapist in private practice in San Diego. Since 1989, she has facilitated a weekly Alzheimer¿s Caregiver¿s Support Group for the San Diego Alzheimer¿s Association.Mary Rose Olenik participated in an N.I.H. grant studying the effects of stress on the immune system of Alzheimer¿s caregivers while a Staff Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, San Diego. She lives in New Hampshire. Klappentext This timely book, laced with poignant stories, focuses on the emotional impact of this disease on the caregivers and offers specific coping strategies they can use to keep them emotionally sane in this chaotic time. Zusammenfassung This timely book! laced with poignant stories! focuses on the emotional impact of this disease on the caregivers and offers specific coping strategies they can use to keep them emotionally sane in this chaotic time. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Beginning Stage1. First Encounters2. If Only I Could Be Wrong: Tentative Diagnosis3. What Now? Reactions to the Diagnosis4. Reaching In and Reaching Out: Adaptation5. Rallying the Troops: Family Reactions6. The Shell Without the Pearl: Transcending LossPart II: The Middle Stage7. Coming to Terms8. Confronting the Demons: Your Emotional Reactions to the Middle Stage9. Tears of Laughter: The Importance of Humor10. The Mars and Venus of Adapting to Change: Gender Difference11. The Lonely Bed: Adapting to Profound Loss of Intimacy12. Harvesting Your Communal Garden: Preventing Burnout13. I Think I Can, I Think I Can, I Know I Can: ResiliencyPart III: The Late Middle Stage14. The Long Good-bye15. I'm Beat and I'm Scared: Caregiving Intensifies¿Resource Options16. When Alone Equals Lonely: Loneliness and CompanionshipPart IV: The Final Stage and Beyond17. Nearing the Journey's End: Final Stages of Alzheimer's18. The Relief of Planning Ahead: Advance Directives19. Another Paradox: Anticipatory Grief and Mourning 20. At Peace, My Love: Death of a Spouse21. Cleaning Out the Closets: The Process of the Closure22. Honoring Your Tomorrows: Reentry Post CaregivingBibliographyIndex...
