Psychosocial studies of the individual's changing perspectives in Alzheimer's disease / Cordula Dick-Muehlke, Ruobing Li, and Myron Orleans, editors.
Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2015]Description: PDFs (434 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- electronic
- online resource
- 9781466684799
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Psychology
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care
- Cognition disorders in old age -- Patients -- Psychology
- Cognition disorders in old age -- Patients -- Care
- Alzheimer Disease -- psychology -- Case Reports
- Caregivers -- psychology -- Case Reports
- Communication -- Case Reports
- Mild Cognitive Impairment -- psychology -- Case Reports
- Social Environment -- Case Reports
- Awareness and identity
- Cognitive decline
- Identity awareness
- Illness narratives
- Living with Alzheimer's
- Meaningful communication
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Neurocognitive disorders
- 616.8/31 23
- RC523 .P797 2015e
- WT 155
- Also available in print.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Listening to Alzheimer's: the role of social location in illness narratives / Renee L. Beard, Maureen K. O'Connor -- Steve's story: living with mild cognitive impairment / Steve Heins, Gincy Heins, Cordula Dick-Muehlke -- Cognitive decline and the changing self in relationship / Darby Morhardt, Marcia Spira -- Taking care to play: meaningful communication in dementia care in Chinese culture / Shika Card, Huali Wang -- Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders: an overview / James E. Galvin, Mary E. Kelleher -- Awareness, self, and the experience of dementia: foundations of a psychologically minded approach / Gill Toms, Catherine Lawrence, Linda Clare -- Stable self-concepts and flexible coping strategies of people with dementia attending dementia self-help groups in Germany: results from the qualitative longitudinal SEIN study / Milena von Kutzleben, Birgit Panke-Kochinke -- Self-preservation in individuals with Alzheimer's disease: empirical evidence and the role of the social environment / Sam Fazio, David B Mitchell -- Art, drawing task processes, and identity awareness: a case study on the retro-genesis phenomenon as an indicator of the progress of dementia / Ana Bel�en Navarro [and 3 others] --
Spiritual factors in the experience of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias / Elizabeth MacKinlay, Corinne Trevitt -- Disease awareness, cognitive decline, and communication in persons with mild cognitive impairment and caregivers / Yvonne Yueh-Feng Lu, Mary Guerriero Austrom -- Changing perception in Alzheimer's: an experiential view / G. Allen Power -- Fragmented existence: living alone with dementia and a manifest care need / Rune Svanstr�om -- The impact of decline on everyday life in Alzheimer's disease / Lovingly Quitania Park, Britt Busson -- The sleep-wake system and Alzheimer's disease / Denise Sharon.
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"Cognitive impairment, through Alzheimer's disease or other related forms of dementia, is a serious concern for afflicted individuals and their caregivers. Understanding patients' mental state and combatting social stigmas are important considerations in caring for cognitively impaired individuals. This book describes programs and strategies that professional and family caregivers can implement to engage and improve the quality of life of persons suffering from cognitive impairment"--Provided by publisher.
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