Alzheimers & Dementia: Through the Looking Glass, explains in easy to understand nontechnical language the difference between Alzheimers and dementia; discusses issues like driving, hallucinations, delusions, bathing, respite, feeding tubes, hospice, guilt, sexuality, genetics, aging, warning signs, placement or home care, diagnosis, hospice, finding help, emotions and more. Sixty-six columns, and more, from the highly regarded All About Alzheimers feature written by the author and published monthly in Todays Senior Magazine are assembled here to help the family and caregiver through the demanding trials of living with someone who has Alzheimers. Few things are as frustrating and maddening as Alzheimers and caring for someone with the disease is uniquely different from other medical conditions. In time, the patient is unable to help in his own care, even to follow such simple instructions as stand up or sit down, creating a difficult situation for everyone. Perhaps you think when someone forgets, you just remind them; no one forgets their own children, how to eat, dress and use the bathroom! But they do! In this book you will learn the difference between your forgetting a word and remembering it later and the Alzheimers patient who forgets but cannot remember later because the memory is not just momentarily forgottenit no longer exists! If it does not exist, it cannot be recalled. Youll learn things you need to know that will seem counterintuitive and require changes in your normal responses. They are not always easy to use, but they can make life with this disease a bit easier for both the afflicted individuals and those who care for and love them. You will come to understand the basics of the illness, why such bizarre things happen, and how to react to unexpected and on-going problems without making things worse.
Although one in ten Americans over 65 and half of those over 80 has Alzheimers, its one of the most hidden, misunderstood diseases ever known. Because patients appear normal, few believe anything is wrong. Cognitive tests can't show the full extent of its devastation on victims and familiesand it is a family diseaseeveryone is affected. It doesnt happen overnight, it sneaks in over yearsdecades; denial, blame and conflicts arise, few know what to do. What caused it? Will I get it? He keeps falling. He's violent! Why isn't there a cure? The doctor doesn't understand. What's an MRI, MMSE? I feel so guilty. Not every anguished question has an answer, but many of them do, and learning how to best deal with much of it is found in this Revised Edition of "When the Doctor Says, 'Alzheimer's: Your Caregivers Guide to Alzheimers & Dementia. Its an indispensible book written by a hands-on caregiver with ten years of personal experience and endless research caring for her husband with Alzheimers and contains some of the best first-hand advice you'll ever receive. Caring for someone with Alzheimers is uniquely different from other medical conditions. In time, the patient is unable to help in his own care, even to follow such simple instructions as 'stand up' or 'sit down, creating a difficult situation for everyone. Perhaps you think when someone forgets, you just remind them; no one forgets their own children, how to eat, dress and use the bathroom! But they do! In this book, you'll learn things you need to know that will seem counterintuitive and require changes in your normal responses. You will come to understand the basics of the illness, why such bizarre things happen, and how to react to unexpected and on-going problems without making things worse.
Times are such that organizations can no longer survive with leaders focused on telling others what to do and the rest of the organization allowing themselves to be taken care of by a leader. Differentiated leadership no longer places its faith in holding together this failed paradigm. Differentiated leaders recognize that they must begin the path of change by addressing their own anxiety and find a way to overcome their fear. Their depth of learning, both about themselves and the challenges surrounding them, must grow. As it does, they will be able to step out in courage and offer both the truth about current conditions and ask the questions which will allow a new vision to emerge. Based on research inside a Fortune 500 company, A Leadership Paradox outlines and provides a model for achieving differentiated (defined) leadership.
This book is written to put together the many pieces of the great puzzles of the American Justice System, and to determine the reason this great country has developed into many complex situations.
The story about Betsy is of a time long ago when life everywhere was simpler and slow-paced. That was especially true in the farm country where Betsy lived as a little girl. You will learn about all the animals, and all the wonderful fun Betsy enjoyed with her family in every season of the year. Springtime brought baby animals -- fluffy yellow chicks, funny baby pigs with curly tales, and many others. Summertime brought the "threshers." Included is an adventure where an animal chased Betsy, really frightening her. A happy time was when Betsy shared her excitement about Christmas. This was a time before television sets, computers, cell phones, and video games. You might ask "what was there to do? Sounds pretty dull, doesn't it?" Not so. As you read this story imagine that you were living then. Imagination can take you any place you wish to travel - even back in time. This story can be entertaining and effective for bringing together little ones and their grandparents or great-grandparents that also have had interesting and unusual childhood experiences. Talking and listening with young children can be a most exciting and enlightening adventure. I choose not to teach, but to inspire.
SCHÖN, DASS ES DICH GIBT Alles könnte wundervoll sein: Auf den Kanarischen Inseln ist Frühling, der Himmel ist blau, die Sonne strahlt! Die frisch mit dem holländischen Arzt Cornelius van Kepler verheiratete Krankenschwester Matilda sollte glücklich sein. Doch etwas Wichtiges fehlt – Liebe. VON LIEBE SPRICHST DU NIE Eine schnelle Traumhochzeit, dann romantische Flitterwochen ... Erst als der Alltag einkehrt, erkennt die hübsche Krankenschwester Katrina, dass sie so gut wie nichts über ihren Ehemann Raf van Tellerinck weiß. Und er verschweigt ihr etwas, da ist sie sicher! AUF EINEM WEISSEN SCHIFF IM MITTELMEER Als Angela dem gutaussehenden Jonas van Draak auf einer Kreuzfahrt durchs Mittelmeer begegnet, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in diesen faszinierenden Mann! Glücklich genießt sie seine aufregenden Umarmungen – bis sie erfährt, dass sie eine Rivalin hat ...
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