2014
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
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Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.
Letting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized future. What we gain is a life more in the present, where we are not mired in prolonged anger and resentment that doesn’t serve us.
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UCLA psychologist Linda Ercoli, PhD, educates caregivers about the causes of verbal and physical aggressive behavior in patients with advancing dementia. She introduces behavioral management techniques that can be effective in reducing and managing aggression.
How can we stay engaged with life day after day? How can we continue to love—keep our minds in a happy mood—when life is complex and often challenging? These are questions that Sylvia Boorstein addresses in Happiness Is an Inside Job.
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