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Autore |
Burgener Sandy <1947-> |
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Titolo |
A personal guide to living with progressive memory loss [[electronic resource] /] / Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14335-9 |
9786611143350 |
1-84642-719-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Memory disorders - Prevention |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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What progressive memory loss means to you: claiming the diagnosis -- Maintaining personhood -- Maintaining important roles in your life -- Understanding the stigma of progressive memory loss: managing your responses to the behaviors of others -- Communicating with others -- Staying active and functional -- Staying physically healthy: managing physical illnesses -- Medications, and self-care needs -- Staying mentally healthy: managing memory loss and impaired thinking -- Finding hope. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss serves as a commitment to inclusive education and is a landmark self-help book that focuses on the needs of the person with the diagnosis. It expands what is currently offered to people with memory loss in a sensitive and contemporary way. A must have for every memory clinic and health and human service agency.'. - Linda L. Buettner, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Alzheimer's Association Early Stage Task Force. 'This book empowers people living with dementia, signposting hope, choice and a life to be lived. |
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