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There's
Still a Person in There:
A Complete Guide to Treating and Coping with Alzheimer's
Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, PhD., and Matthew
Naythons, M.D.
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Alzheimer's
strikes fear in the minds of many who hear it whispered, but as
recent insight into the disease sheds promising new light it gives
us better understanding and reason for hope.
There's Still a Person in There: The Complete Guide to Treating
and Coping with Alzheimer's is today's most up to-date resource
for caregivers, professionals and those who want to preserve their
own well-being. Characterized most notably by forgetfulness, confusion,
and disorientation, Alzheimer's is a well-known degenerative brain
disorder that manifests as a progressive deterioration of memory
and mental function. The disease was discovered in 1906 by a German
neurologist, Alois Alzheimer.
Since this discovery much has been learned by researchers, and a
disease that once left caregivers, friends and family with no answers
and a future of uncertainty is slowly becoming more understood,
providing us all with reasonable optimism.
There's Still
a Person in There: A Complete Guide to Treating and Coping with
Alzheimer's presents the latest research and understanding of Alzheimer's,
as well as the latest information on prevention, treatment and management
of the disease. This book is one of the most valuable tools out
there for today's for professionals and families.
Read about inspiring
accounts from Alzheimer's caregivers. Learn about the latest drugs,
medicinal herbs and other therapies being used in the treatment
of Alzheimer's. Discover the latest insight into memory preservation.
Learn about the warning signs of Alzheimer's; its history and the
biology.
Research, and
new medication for the treatment and prevention and of Alzheimer's
has taken new direction. As more research is being done, Alzheimer's
is becoming more manageable, and more understood. This is still
not to underestimate the challenges, and sadness which family, friends
and Alzheimer's patients themselves face through daily struggles
with the disease; it is just to say that with new advances occurring
all the time, the future is looking brighter for those diagnosed
with Alzheimer's.
A Review
By Tara
Favreau
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