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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease Paperback - 2004

by Joanne Koenig-Coste; Foreword by Robert N. Butler

Revolutionizing the way people perceive and live with Alzheimer's, this book offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers. Coste describes her personal struggle to care for her stricken husband and their family.


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More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer’s, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between carepartners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia. Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s also offers hundreds of practical tips, including how to · cope with the diagnosis and adjust to the disease’s progression · help the patient talk about the illness · face the issue of driving · make meals and bath times as pleasant as possible · adjust room design for the patient’s comfort · deal with wandering, paranoia, and aggression

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ONE COOL SPRING DAY in 1971, the kind that makes New Englanders smile at each other, I was driving with my husband down the main street of a small coastal town south of Boston.

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  • Title Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease
  • Author Joanne Koenig-Coste; Foreword by Robert N. Butler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Paperbacks, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-09-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780618485178 / 0618485171
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.18 x 5.48 x 0.63 in (20.78 x 13.92 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Alzheimer's disease - Patients - Care, Caregivers
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003051141
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.196
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