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The person with Alzheimer's disease : pathways to understanding the experience / edited by Phyllis Braudy Harris. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002. - xxxviii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Testing times : the experience of neuropsychological assessment for people with suspected Alzheimer's disease / John Keady and Jane Gilliard -- Medical experiences and concerns of people with Alzheimer's disease / Rosalie F. Young -- Living with the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease / Alison Phinney -- Making the most of every day : quality of life / Rebecca G. Logsdon -- Selfhood and Alzheimer's disease / Steven R. Sabat -- Social and family relationships : establishing and maintaining connections / Lisa Snyder -- Meaningful communication throughout the journey : clinical observations / Dorothy Seman -- Connecting to the spirit / Jon C. Stuckey -- Building resilience through coping and adapting / Phyllis Braudy Harris and Casey Durkin -- The experience of people with dementia in community services / Charlie Murphy -- Volunteerism : contributions by persons with Alzheimer's Disease / Jane Stansell -- The experience of support groups for persons with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and their families / Robyn Yale and Lisa Snyder -- The person with dementia and artwork : art therapy / Kathy Kahn-Denis -- "I can't place this place at all" : the nursing home experience / John Killick.

ISBN: 0801868734 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0801868777 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001002794

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA2-X9062

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101148634 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Alzheimer's disease--Popular works.
Self-care, Health.
Alzheimer Disease--psychology--Popular Works.
Self Care--Popular Works.

LC Class. No.: RC523.2 / .P47 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1/96831

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2002 H-006 WT 155 / P467 2002