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Houle Marcy Cottrell <1953-> |
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The gift of caring : saving our parents from the perils of modern healthcare / / Marcy Cottrell Houle and Elizabeth Eckstrom |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aging parents - Care |
Aging parents - Health and hygiene |
Aging parents - Medical care |
Adult children of aging parents |
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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. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; PART I. THE AIRPLANE DIARIES; Chapter 1. Colliding Worlds; Chapter 2. First Decline; What I Wish I'd Known. Early Warning Signs of Dementia; Chapter 3. Panic Attack; Chapter 4. Countdown to Advocacy; What I Wish I'd Known. What Is Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease . . . and How Do You Tell the Difference?; Chapter 5. A New Way of Seeing; Chapter 6. Passages; What I Wish I'd Known. How to Find a Good Memory Facility; Chapter 7. Montavilla Beginnings; What I Wish I'd Known. Moving Day-How to Ease the Transition; Chapter 8. Dallas II |
Chapter 9. Visiting HoursChapter 10. The Phone Call; What I Wish I'd Known. Falls-A Leading Cause of Death in Older Adults and What You Can Do to Prevent Them; Chapter 11. Surgery for an Alzheimer's Patient; Chapter 12. It's a Matter of Life or Death; What I Wish I'd Known. A Deadly Fate with Few Symptoms-Dehydration-How to Recognize It and How to Prevent It; Chapter 13. Forsaken; Chapter 14. No Man Is an Island; Chapter 15. Do No Harm; What I Wish I'd Known. The Problem of Pain in Dementia and Why Millions of Seniors Are Suffering; Chapter 16. Return of the Man; PART II. A GOOD ENDING |
Chapter 17. A Radical PrescriptionWhat I Wish I'd Known. The Best |
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