According to the Alzheimer's Association, one in ten persons over
sixty-five and nearly half of those over eighty-five have
Alzheimer's disease. Today, 4 million Americans have Alzheimer's
disease. In a national survey, 19 million Americans said they have
a family member with the ailment, and 37 million said they knew
someone who had it. But when Rosette Teitel found herself in the
role of caregiver to her ailing husband, she could find no books
that answered her practical needs: How do you give a 170-pound man
a shower? How do you pick him up when he falls? What should you
anticipate as the disease progresses? What support networks are
available? When is it time to consider a nursing home and how do
you find one?
While many Alzheimer's disease books focus on the disease and
the patient, Teitel draws on her own experience -- as well as that
of a clinical psychologist, a coordinator of an Alzheimer's program
at a community center, members of the Alzheimer's Foundation, a
research psychologist, an elder-law attorney, and a neurologist --
to tackle subjects rarely dealt with in other self-help books.
Teitel covers topics such as managing the expenses of long-term
care through Medicaid, estate planning, and preparing for the
patient's death and the loss of someone whose daily survival has
been at the center of one's existence. The chapters deal with
background information on diagnosis, treatment, and the progression
of the disease; the physical and emotional changes and resources
involved with the day-to-day caregiving; support networks; nursing
homes; finances; death of the patient; grief, mourning, and life
after the patient's death; and interviews with children caring for
parents withAlzheimer's disease. In addition, Teitel provides a
helpful list of frequently asked questions, scheduling and memory
aids, and websites where readers can find resources.
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