A personal guide to living with progressive memory loss
[Book]
Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg.
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2007.
158 p. :
ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.