Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: ¿We Peel the Onion¿ -- Layers of Denial -- What is Denial? -- Denial as a Response to AD -- Denial Entraps Us -- Alzheimer¿s ¿The Hidden Disease¿ -- The Refrain of Denial Rings as a Loud Lament -- Out of Denial and Into Anger -- CHAPTER TWO: ¿We Define the Monster¿ Alzheimer¿s Disease -- Definition of Alzheimer¿s -- Definition of Dementia -- Reversible Causes of Dementia -- Irreversible Causes of Dementia -- The 4 A¿s: Amnesia, Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia -- The Warning Signs of Alzheimer¿s Disease -- Examples of Dementia Symptoms Caused by -- Reversible Conditions -- Getting a Diagnosis -- Answering the Denial Arguments -- To Tell or Not to Tell -- CHAPTER THREE: ¿Mom¿s OK, She Just Forgets¿ -- Denial and the Family Unit -- The ¿Family¿ and Dementia -- Scenario One: A Success Story -- Scenario Two: A Universal Story -- Scenario Three: Early Onset AD -- Scenario Four: Mom and Dad in Denial -- The Importance of Planning -- CHAPTER FOUR: ¿I Can¿t Take Care of You Unless I take Care of Myself¿ -- Caring for the Caregiver ¿ Part 1 -- Professional help -- Family network: positive support (or the lack thereof) -- Friends and neighbors -- Tips for fostering good relations with your friends -- Gain knowledge to understand the disease -- Amnesia -- Aphasia -- Agnosia -- Apraxia -- Support groups -- The support group and role reversal -- The support group and role addition -- Respite opportunities -- CHAPTER FIVE: ¿Honey, Please Hand Me the Broom¿ -- Developing Communication Skills -- Realization of Language Loss can be Shocking -- A Coin with Two Sides -- Three Rules to Remember -- Passive Participation -- Responding to the Non Sequitur -- The Other Side of the Coin -- Tips for Improving Communications -- Understanding Anger -- Another Cause of Angry Behavior -- Unresolved Anger -- CHAPTER SIX: ¿She¿s Just Pushing My Buttons¿ -- Challenging Behaviors -- Inconsistent Behaviors -- The Need for One Step Directions -- Processing Auditory Stimuli -- Denial Prevents Understanding -- A Prescription for Sane Caregiving: -- Patience, Perspective, Humor -- Does it Really Matter? -- Never Argue -- Rearranging Reality -- Never Say No -- Introduce Humor -- CHAPTER SEVEN: ¿Dad¿s a Danger to Himself and Others¿ -- The Driving Dilemma -- The Love Affair with our Car -- The Familiar Voice of Denial -- A Careful Look at Reality -- Unsafe Behaviors Consistent with Dementia -- Possible Consequences of Unsafe Driving -- A Family Gathering to Agree on Specific Actions -- How to Implement the Action Plan -- Gradual Weaning -- Assess Driving Ability -- It is Time to Stop -- What Do We Do Now? -- About Those Car Keys -- A Brief Review -- CHAPTER EIGHT: ¿It¿s The Lifesaver for Caregivers and Loved Ones¿ -- The Day Care Decision -- The Positive Value of Day Care -- Answering the Denial Excuses -- How to Move Out of Denial into Action -- Evelyn¿s Experience with Day Care -- What to Look for in an Adult Day Care Facility -- Day Care Keeps Nancy at Home -- CHAPTER NINE: ¿We Examine Our AttitudeTowards Alzheimer¿s¿ -- Caring for the Caregiver ¿ Part II -- Ways to Deal with the Changes Alzheimer¿s Brings -- The Three DO¿S -- Alleviate the Holiday Blues -- Changing the 4th of July Celebration -- Attitude Adjustment -- Taking Care of the Caregiver -- CHAPTER TEN: ¿I Only Promised Because She Made Me¿ -- The Long Term Care Decision -- Is it Time? -- Board and Care/Adult Homes/Adult Foster Homes -- or Group Homes -- Assisted Living Facilities -- Continuing Care Communities/Retirement -- Communities/Life Care Facilities -- Long Term Care Facilities -- Questions to Ask When Visiting a Nursing Facility -- Importance of Advance Planning -- Twenty-Four Hour Professional Care at Home -- Hospital Care -- Positive Aspects of Assisted Living or -- Nursing Center Placement -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: ¿We Reach Acceptance¿ -- With Love, Tears, and Laughter -- Two Different K inds of Acceptance -- Ingredients of Healthy Acceptance -- Our Loved Ones Work Through Their -- Acceptance -- Accessing Mirth -- Gradual Development of Healthy Acceptance -- Appendix.
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