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Still Alice

2014

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.

101 min

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The Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver’s Handbook: What to Remember When They Forget

When a loved one shows signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, you will face challenges for which you feel ill-prepared.

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Dr. Sally Willard Burbank, Sue Pace Bell
2018
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Did I Remember to Tell You?: A Real-life Guidebook for Dementia Family Caregivers

While there is an abundance of information about dementia for family caregivers to learn symptoms, skills, do’s and don’ts, there is little to help them comprehend why it is so important to do everything differently than before this disease.

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Pam Kovacs Johnson
2020
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias—101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassion

No one should face Alzheimer’s or dementia alone. These 101 stories will provide support, advice, and comfort for caregivers and those living with Alzheimer’s. This collection of personal stories will support you through all the phases of your journey.

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Amy Newmark, Angela Timashenka Geiger
2014
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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief

Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It’s not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief.

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Pauline Boss
2011
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The Dementia Handbook: How to Provide Dementia Care at Home

Providing dementia care is profoundly stressful for families and caregivers. People with dementia or Alzheimer’s experience emotional distress, which leads to behavioral complications and the need for institutional care.

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Judy Cornish
2017
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The Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia: Practical Advice for Caring for Yourself and Your Loved One

When caring for someone with dementia, your own mental stability can be the single most critical factor in your loved one’s quality of life. The Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia brings practical and comprehensive guidance to understanding the illness, caring for someone, and caring for yourself.

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Gail Weatherill
2020
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Alzheimer’s Through the Stages: A Caregiver’s Guide

How to stay strong, together―through all the stages of Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s books should help everyone involved through this incredibly difficult time. That’s why Alzheimer’s Through the Stages shows you what you can do for your loved one―and yourself―every step of the way.

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Mary Moller
2019
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The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

The 36-Hour Day is an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems.

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Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins
2017
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How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations—a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together—Toni had to learn how to be sick.

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Toni Bernhard, Sylvia Boorstein
2018
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For Living Donors, Many Risks to Weigh

Linda Fox of Brooklyn donated a lobe of her liver to save her husband, whose own liver had failed. The transplant took, and Ms. Fox said although recovery from the surgery was no picnic, she would willingly do it again.

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Jane E. Brody
2007
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