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2022.
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"Amy and Brian's world was changed forever with his diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's. Forced to confront the daily frustrations and realities of the disease and its impact on their lives and marriage, Brian resolved not to let it dictate his life and instead asked himself: What makes life meaningful, and how do I want to live the rest of mine? His decision led them to learn about Dignitas and to fly to Zürich for a peaceful ending of Brian's...
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2014.
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Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person's functioning. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. This Speaking From Experience program offers offer first-hand accounts from people living with the affects of Alzheimer's Disease. They discuss the impact it has had on their lives and the ways they manage the condition. It was produced in partnership...
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Pub. Date
[2014?]
Description
For close to ten years, writer Greg O'Brien, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, has chronicled its progression as an embedded reporter inside the mind of this monster of a disease. Taking detailed notes and working off cognitive reserve, O'Brien offers an illuminating blueprint of strategies, faith, and humor needed to fight this disease, a day-to-day focus on living with Alzheimer's, not dying with it.
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Restaurateur, magazine publisher, celebrity chef, and lifestyle maven, B. Smith is struggling at 66 with a tag she never expected to add to that string: Alzheimer's patient. She's not alone. Every 67 seconds someone newly develops it, and millions of lives are affected by its aftershocks. B. and her husband, Dan, working with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson, share their unfolding story. Crafted in short chapters that interweave...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Description
'Keeper' is a very humane and honest exploration of living with Alzheimer's, giving an illuminating account of the disease itself. Gillies tells about the time she and her family spent living with someone with dementia, in a big Victorian house in the far, far north of Scotland.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Encouraging stories using practical methodologies to help caregivers reach for their goals in Alzheimer's and dementia care. Within the pages of this book are the real life stories of the people I have met along my journey as a caregiver for individuals with memory loss, and the experience and knowledge I acquired over the past 20 plus years. --
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