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| Introduction to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Burden of Love | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Alzheimer's Disease: What It Is and What It Is Not | |
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| Changes within the Brain | |
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| Characteristics of the Disease | |
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| Possible Causes of Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Other Possible Causes of Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Phases of Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Diseases with Similar Symptoms | |
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| Theories of Aging in the Year 2000 | |
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| Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Factors in the Disease | |
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| Is Alzheimer's a Vitamin B[subscript 12] Deficiency? | |
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| Diagnostic Tests | |
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| Treating the "Silent Epidemic": Research Developments | |
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| Alternative Views of Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Ongoing Research | |
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| New Choices in Natural Healing | |
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| Preventing Alzheimer's | |
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| Muscle Relaxation Benefits in Alzheimer's Patients | |
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| Participating in Research | |
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| Conflicting Interests in Research | |
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| How Can We Prevent Brain Deterioration? | |
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| An Uncharted Treatment for Alzheimer's Patients | |
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| Alzheimer's Disease Is a Family Affliction | |
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| Denial: Say It Isn't So | |
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| Unconscious Denial | |
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| Acknowledging the Problem | |
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| Mutual Support Groups | |
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| Anger: The Perplexing Emotion | |
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| Why Does She Do Those Embarrassing Things? | |
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| The Patient Isn't the Only Problem | |
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| Understanding and Managing Anger | |
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| Dealing with Frustration | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Dealing with Anger | |
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| Depression: Longing for What Is Lost | |
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| What Is Depression? | |
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| Why Older People Get Depressed | |
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| Sex, Intimacy, and Depression | |
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| Stress Reactions in Caregivers | |
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| Lifting the Depression | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Dealing with Depression | |
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| Guilt: A Nagging Pain | |
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| Conscious or Unconscious Guilt | |
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| The Relationship between Parent and Child | |
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| "Conscience Doth Make Cowards of Us All" | |
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| Guilt about Loss of Control | |
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| Guilt Shapes Generosity and Serves Society | |
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| Conscious Guilt about Practical Considerations | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Open the Day in Your Garden of Eden | |
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| Guilt over Institutionalization | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: The Waterfall | |
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| Fears: Present and Future | |
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| Fear of Letting a Patient Hurt Himself | |
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| Fear of Hurting a Patient Emotionally | |
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| Fear of Being Hurt | |
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| Shame Is a Special Fear | |
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| When the Patient Needs More Help | |
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| The Silent Question | |
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| Fear of "Living Death" | |
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| Preparing a Living Will | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Dealing with Fears | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: For Fears of Developing Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Brief Guidelines to Recognizing and Identifying Your Feelings | |
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| Understanding and Dealing with the Patient's Problems | |
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| The Physical Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Dressing and Grooming | |
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| Decreasing Physical Abilities Add to Mental Confusion | |
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| Eating | |
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| Forgetting Good Toilet Habits | |
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| Exercise and Recreation for the Patient | |
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| A Memory Garden: Stimulation for Alzheimer's Patients | |
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| The Psychological Toll of Memory Loss | |
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| Verbal Communication with Your Memory-Impaired Relative | |
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| Sexual Communication | |
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| Problems with Perception and Reality | |
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| A Sense of Time Vanishes | |
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| Clinging Behavior | |
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| Quality, Not Quantity, Counts! | |
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| Depression and Memory Impairment | |
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| Therapy for the Alzheimer's Patient | |
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| Support Groups and Help for Alzheimer's Patients | |
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| Everyday Life with the Alzheimer's Patient | |
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| Household Bywords: Safety and Structure | |
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| The Consequences of Forgetfulness | |
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| Sleeplessness and Night Wandering | |
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| Caregivers' Strategies for Self-Defense | |
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| The Nursing Home Dilemma | |
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| Decision-Making | |
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| Evaluating Patients for Nursing Home Care | |
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| Shopping for a Good Nursing Home | |
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| Nursing Home Care Costs | |
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| Medicare and Medicaid Explained | |
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| Family Financial Considerations | |
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| Legal Matters | |
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| Relocating the Impaired Person | |
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| The Patient's Adjustment | |
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| The Caregiver's Adjustment | |
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| The Step-by-Step Approach to Appropriate Patient Care in Nursing Homes | |
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| Other Alternatives to Your Home or a Nursing Home | |
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| Visiting | |
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| Death and Bereavement | |
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| Putting a Patient's Affairs in Order | |
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| Anticipatory Grief | |
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| Grieving | |
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| Survivor Guilt | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Change of Heart | |
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| Autopsy | |
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| Critical Issues for Professionals with Aging Patients | |
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| Take Care of Yourself | |
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| Safeguard Your Health | |
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| A Nutritious Diet | |
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| Regular Checkups | |
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| Illness Emergency Plans | |
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| Take Antioxidants | |
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| Estrogen Enhances Memory | |
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| Use Medication with Care and Respect | |
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| Drug-Related Short-Term Memory "To Sleep--Perchance to Dream" | |
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| Exercises for a Healthy Body | |
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| The Benefits of Exercise | |
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| Exercise Stimulates Blood Flow to the Brain | |
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| Walking | |
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| Strenuous Activity | |
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| Tension-Relieving Exercises for Indoors | |
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| Exercises for a Healthy Mind | |
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| Remembering Is Not a Simple Process | |
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| Keeping Memory "In Shape" | |
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| Can Foods and Supplements Improve Memory? | |
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| Overhauling the Aging Brain | |
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| How Is Memory Stored? | |
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| Become Your Own Nurturer | |
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| Spiritual Exercise: Speak Your Mind | |
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| Continue to Learn throughout Life | |
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| Maintain Your Spiritual Beliefs | |
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| Use the Power of Your Imagination | |
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| Help for Troubled Caregivers | |
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| Becoming a Parent to Your Parent | |
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| How Families Can Resolve Issues | |
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| Self-Help Support Groups | |
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| Choosing Psychotherapy for the Caregiver | |
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| Individual and Group Psychotherapy | |
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| How Some Caregivers Reshape Their Lives | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Resources | |
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| Resident's Bill of Rights | |
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| Living Wills | |
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| Memory Tests | |
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| Pilot Project for Research | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |