personal guide to living with progressive memory loss
By: Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg.
Contributors: Twigg, Prudence, 1956-
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843108634
Subjects: Memory disorders -- Prevention -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What progressive memory loss means to you: claiming the diagnosis; title: Maintaining personhood; title: Maintaining important roles in your life; title: Understanding the stigma of progressive memory loss: managing your responses to the behaviors of others; title: Communicating with others; title: Staying active and functional; title: Staying physically healthy: managing physical illnesses; title: Medications, and self-care needs; title: Staying mentally healthy: managing memory loss and impaired thinking; title: Finding hope.