Psychosocial studies of the individual's changing perspectives in Alzheimer's disease
By: Cordula Dick-Muehlke, University of California, Irvine, USA, Ruobing Li, Univeristy of California, Irvine, USA, Myron Orleans, California State University, Fullerton, USA
Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Hershey, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781466684782; 9781466684799
Subjects: Mild Cognitive Impairment; Psychology; Alzheimer Disease; Case Reports; Social Environment; Communication; Caregivers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Listening to Alzheimer's : the role of social location in illness narratives / Renee Lynn Beard, Maureen K. O'Connor; title: Steve's story : living with mild cognitive impairment / Steve Heins, Gincy Heins, Cordula Dick-Muehlke; title: Cognitive decline and the changing self in relationship / Darby Morhardt, Marcia Spira; title: Taking care to play : meaningful communication in dementia care in Chinese culture / Shika Card, Huali Wang; title: Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders : an overview / James E. Galvin, Mary E. Kelleher; title: Awareness, self and the experience of dementia : foundations of a psychologically minded approach / Gill Toms, Catherine Lawrence, Linda Clare; title: Stable self-concepts and flexible coping strategies of people with dementia attending dementia self-help groups in Germany : results from the qualitative longitudinal SEIN study / Melina von Kutzleben, Brigit Panke-Kochinke; title: Self-preservation in individuals with Alzheimer's disease : empirical evidence and the role of the social environment / Sam Fazio, David B. Michell; title: Art, drawing tasks processes, and identity awareness : a case study on the retro-genesis phenomenon as an indicator of the progress of dementia / Ana Belén Navarro, Unai Díaz-Orueta, Nesplora, Lorena Martin-Niño, Miguel Elias Sánchez-Sánchez; title: Spiritual factors in the experience of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias / Elizabeth MacKinlay, Corinne Trevitt; title: Disease awareness, cognitive decline, & communication in persons with mild cognitive impairment & caregivers / Yvonne Yueh-Feng Lu, Mary Guerriero Austrom; title: Changing perception in Alzheimer's : an experiential view / G. Allen Power; title: Fragmented existence-living alone with dementia and a manifest care need / Rune Svanström; title: The impact of decline on everyday life in Alzheimer's disease / Lovingly Quitania Park, Britt Busson; title: The sleep-wake system and Alzheimer's disease / Denise Sharon.