Fraying : mum, memory loss, the medical maze and me / / Michele Gierck

• Autore: Gierck Michele
• Pubblicazione: Sydney, Australia : , : NewSouth, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.833092
• Soggetto topico: Dementia - Patients - Care; Dementia - Patients - Family relationships
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; CHAPTERS ONE: Fraying at the edges; CHAPTER TWO: The memory clinic; CHAPTER THERE: Unexpected movement; CHAPTER FOUR: Knockout heat; CHAPTER FIVE: A magician; CHAPTER SIX: Shopping locally; CHAPTER SEVEN: Plans; CHAPTER EIGHT: A lump; CHAPTER NINE: Happy birthday; CHAPTER TEN: Handball; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Do I have to do anything?; CHAPTER TWELVE: An agreement; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: I need to go to hospital; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The moment; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Joy; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A quantum leap; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A message; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A text message; EPILOGUE; REFLECTION AND RESOURCES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Sommario/riassunto: Being a carer is not unlike being an interpreter. The task is to listen intently, to catch not only the words but the spirit of the message, and then to immediately pass that on. So too the carer, who is required to listen, to catch the spirit of what is needed, and then to set about to have those needs met. Fraying chronicles a mother's and a daughter's journey through memory loss and the medical maze. Michele Gierck finds herself suddenly thrust into the role of primary carer, with no map to navigate the world of aged care and medical bureaucracy. The relationship between the spirited, deter
• Titolo autorizzato: Fraying
• ISBN: 1-74224-717-2; 1-74224-191-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819449003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II