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Format:

Book

Title:

Chicken soup for the soul : living with Alzheimer's & other dementias : 101 stories of caregiving, coping, and compassion / Amy Newmark, Angela Timashenka Geiger of the Alzheimer's Association.

Publisher, Date:

Cos Cob, CT : Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC, [2014]

[New York] : Distributed to the booktrade by Simon & Schuster

Description:

xv, 349 pages ; 22 cm

Summary:

Collects personal accounts from Alzheimer's patients and family members on their individual struggles, providing inspiring and uplifting tales of strength, treatment, and compassion. -- Source other than Library of Congress.

Subjects:

Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care -- Literary collections.

Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care -- Anecdotes.

Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Literary collections.

Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Anecdotes.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Other Author:

Newmark, Amy, editor of compilation.

Geiger, Angela Timashenka, editor of compilation.

Other Title:

Living with Alzheimer's & other dementias : 101 stories of caregiving, coping, and compassion

Living with Alzheimer's and other dementias : 101 stories of caregiving, coping, and compassion

101 stories of caregiving, coping, and compassion

Notes:

A joint project with the Alzheimer's Association.

Contents:

Accepting a new reality -- What does it feel like? -- Strategies and tips for coping -- Next steps and tough choices -- Taking the journey with your parent -- Younger-onset Alzheimer's -- In sickness and in health -- The lighter side -- New ways to make connections -- It takes a village -- The special bond with grandchildren.

LCCN:

2014930199

ISBN:

9781611599343 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

1611599342 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Other Number:

869214893

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

898260

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

616.831 Chicken