A personal guide to living with progressive memory loss
By: Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg.
Contributors: Twigg, Prudence, 1956-
Edition: 1st American paperback ed.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843108634
Subjects: Memory disorders -- Popular works; Memory disorders in old age -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
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; title: Impaired thinking; title: Finding hope.