Parking Lot Construction: As part of our ongoing work to maintain and improve Central Library, the parking lot will be closed for construction from Tuesday, July 28, to Saturday, August 1. Visit the Central Library page for more details. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

Book

The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias

Call Number

  • 616.831 M1411J (CEN)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

7th edition.

Publication Information

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Physical Description

xv, 341 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on: devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia; strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms; changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws; palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship; dementia due to traumatic brain injury; choosing a residential care facility; [and] support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members. The central idea underlying the book--that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them--remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide."--Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • 1. Dementia
  • 2. Getting medical help for the person who has dementia
  • 3. Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia
  • 4. Problems in independent living
  • 5. Problems arising in daily care
  • 6. Medical problems
  • 7. Managing the behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia
  • 8. Symptoms associated with mood change and suspiciousness
  • 9. Special arrangements if you become ill
  • 10. Getting outside help
  • 11. You and the person who has dementia
  • 12. How caring for a person who has dementia affects you
  • 13. Caring for yourself
  • 14. Financial and legal issues
  • 15. Long-term care arrangements
  • 16. Preventing and delaying cognitive decline
  • 17. Brain disorders and the causes of dementia
  • 18. Research in dementia.

Subjects

Added Authors

Peter V Rabins