An Iceberg in Paradise
Subtitle: a Passage through Alzheimer's
By: Nancy Avery Dafoe
Series: Excelsior Editions; Excelsior editions
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany, New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781438455457; 9781438455440
Subjects: Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine; Mental health; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Medical; General; Patients; Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL; Alzheimer's disease
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""About the Author of the Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Poetry Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on the Title""; ""Introduction: After the Fall""; ""Chapter One: Uncertainty""; ""Chapter Two: Why Now? Why My Family?""; ""Chapter Three: Secrets""; ""Chapter Four: Mistaken Identities""; ""Chapter Five: Early Signs and Symptoms""; ""Chapter Six: You Look Like Your Mother""; ""Chapter Seven: Thereâ€?s a Tornado in My Head""; ""Chapter Eight: Helping the Doctor""; ""Chapter Nine: Icebergs in Paradise""; ""Chapter Ten: Managing at Home""; title: ""Chapter Eleven: What Would She Have Chosen?""""Chapter Twelve: Did You See The Notebook?""; ""Chapter Thirteen: What Not to Say""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Managing in a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Collecting Memories""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Her Legacy""; ""Chapter Seventeen: Shadows""; ""Appendix A: Turning to the Web""; ""Appendix B: Texts on the Subject""; ""Index of Poems""; ""Notes""; ""About the Author""