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Informationen zum Autor Sandy Burgener, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at University of Illinois College of Nursing and a certified Gerontological Nurse Practitioner with a clinical and research focus on increasing quality of life for persons with progressive memory loss or dementia. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America Prudence Twigg, Ph.D., is a Visiting Lecturer at Indiana University School of Nursing. Klappentext This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss, and includes examples of real people who have faced similar challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise, and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family. Zusammenfassung This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss! and includes examples of real people who have faced similar challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise! and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. 1. What Progressive Memory Loss Means to You: Claiming the Diagnosis. 2. Maintaining Personhood. 3. Maintaining Important Roles in Your Life. 4. Understanding the Stigma of Progressive Memory Loss: Managing Your Responses to the Behaviors of Others. 5. Communicating with Others. 6. Staying Active and Functional. 7. Staying Physically Healthy: Managing Physical Illnesses, Medications, and Self-Care Needs. 8. Staying Mentally Healthy: Managing Memory Loss and Impaired Thinking. 9. Finding Hope. References. Bibliography. Index.
