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Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease Patients Alzheimer's disease Patients Biography Alzheimer's disease Patients Care Alzheimer's disease Patients Family relationships Alzheimer's disease Popular works Alzheimer's disease Prevention Alzheimer's disease Treatment Dementia Maladie d'Alzheimer Patients Relations familialesKelly, Evelyn B.
Summary: Describes what scientists currently know about alzheimer's and the relationship between genes and disease, touching on technologies and experimental methods that have led to this understanding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 KELBerger, Helene
Summary: "CHOOSING JOY is a book of hope. Most accounts of Alzheimer's describe a process of irreversible degeneration and decline. This is a rare success story, the story of a woman who refused to surrender to the implications of her husband's diagnosis, instead inspiring him to join her in making every moment they had together meaningful and precious. A few months after their fiftieth anniversary, Ady...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind BergerSummary: For years, Alzheimer's has devastated the lives of millions of families. The disease is the 6th leading cause of death in America. Keith Famie's documentary takes an in-depth look at the history and future of research on this disease.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Jauhar, Sandeep
Summary: Almost six million Americans--about one in every ten people over the age of sixty-five--have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, and this number is projected to more than double by 2050. What is it like to live with and amid this increasingly prevalent condition--an affliction that some fear more than death? In My Father's Brain, the distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar sets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAUHAR, SANDEEP JAUDwinell, Jane
Summary: What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write. When Sky was diagnosed with "probable early stage Alzheimer's" at age 66, he was determined to live as fully with his new reality as possible. He researched dementia, talked about dementia, connected with other people with the disease, and, finally,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rootstock Publishing 2022
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Summary: "It's awful to watch someone you love slip further and further into forgetfulness and confusion, their minds wiped clean by dementia. If you or someone you care about ever suffers from ANY kind of memory loss, then you'll want to know about a discovery that won a Nobel Prize. Research shows this breakthrough supplement can get to the root cause of age-related dementia, Alzheimer's disease and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Online Publishing & Marketing 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 SARSummary: In this episode of Nova, three women at risk of developing Alzheimer's join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease, while sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DETSummary: Examines the national public health threat posed by Alzheimer's disease, which erodes memory, thinking, and physical ability. Experts present evidence that unless a cure is found soon, the disease will have serious impact on the U.S. economy, bankrupting Medicare and Medicaid as well as millions of Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALZHutton, June
Summary: "A writing couple searches for answers when Alzheimer's causes one of them to lose the place where stories come from -- memory. At the age of fifty-three, Tony walks away from a life of journalism and into an unknown future dogged by self-doubt and financial worry. June is forty-eight years old then, a writer and a teacher, and over the following nine years she watches as her husband gradually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HUTJebelli, Joseph
Summary: A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 JEB1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Summary: In this program from The Doctor Is In, families who are caregivers provide practical information on how to manage the in-home care of a loved one who has Alzheimer's. Important decisions, such as whether to use outside day care or in-home health aides, are discussed. Several hints on how younger family members can participate in the caregiving include reading or telling stories to the patient....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This tote contains books and DVDs to assist those caring for a person with Alzheimer's dementia. The contents are designed to help you learn ways to communicate with and provide engaging activities for a person experiencing various stages of dementia.
Format: mixed material
Publisher / Publication Date: John Hopkins Press and others
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1 available in Healthcare Kits, Call number: HEALTH CARE KIT ALZSummary: In comparison to cancer, heart disease, and AIDS, Alzheimer's disease greatly lags in research funding, media attention, and celebrity support. Examine the personal and societal implications of this discrepancy, profiling families living with Alzheimer's, interviewing the doctors on the front lines, and scrutinizing the latest research.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALZSummary: Mayo Clinic presents an informative, easy-to-understand book on the critical subject of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, and affects millions of older people around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mayo Clinic 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.29 NARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 MAYSherzai, Dean
Summary: "The first 30-Day nutrition plan for preventing and reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and cognitive decline from Co-Directors of the Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SHECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu SherzaiGrinnan, Edward
Summary: "Enjoy the NEW inspirational memoir from Edward Grinnan, Guideposts’ Editor-in-Chief, as he reveals his deeply personal - and hopeful - journey of faith through his mother’s Alzheimer’s and his own fear of getting the disease. A blessing and encouraging read for anyone facing trials. Edward understands the fear and panic of memory loss and Alzheimer’s all too well. He watched Alzheimer’s take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guideposts 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRINNAN, EDWARD GRISmall, Gary W.
Summary: "The only "cure" for Alzheimer's is prevention, and The Alzheimer's Prevention Program shows the reader how to take control. The program begins with an assessment test checking everything from recall to physical balance. Then, with a baseline established, it introduces the 7-Day jump start program - just seven days to begin to improve everything: memory training 101, including the author's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 SMAFenn, Annie
Summary: "Scientific studies show that the choices we make today about what we eat help determine our mental health as we age. In The Brain Health Kitchen, Dr. Annie Fenn gives readers a guide to preserving cognitive ability through food, with 100 recipes to promote mental acuity. Fenn, a doctor turned chef, has organized the book into 10 chapters representing the most neuroprotective foods: berries,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Editor's preface / Jessica Bryan -- Introduction / Victor Molinari, Ph.D. -- The black hole / Bobbi Lurie -- Technical difficulty / Ronnie R. Brown -- Walks with my father / Elisavietta Ritchie -- Still here / Nancy Watts -- I know Dr. Alzheimer / Andrew N. Wilner, M.D., FACP -- Coming into this world / Richard T. Waller -- My Alzheimer's percussion band - unplugged version / Stephen J. Lyons...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging BryanHuelat, Barbara J.
Summary: "The dementia journey for both caregiver and patient can be chaotic and scary, and while there is no cure for dementia, there ARE interventions that can help make the journey a calmer and more comfortable one. Barbara Huelat offers practical strategies to mitigate the turbulence of dementia care"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging HuelatSumner, Jamie
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMDevi, Gayatri
Summary: "By defining Alzheimer's Disease as a spectrum disorder---like autism, it affects different people differently---Dr. Gayatri Devi offers new hope for its millions of sufferers. A neurologist who's been specializing in dementia and memory loss for more than 20 years, Dr. Devi shares the stories of her patients in the kind of narrative medical writing that grips the reader, humanizes the science,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 DEVSummary: A distinguished poet, translator, critic and teacher, Edwin Honig wrote dozens of books and poems that attracted critical praise around the world. His seminal translations awakened English-speaking readers to previously overlooked literary giants, resulting in honorary knighthoods from the king of Spain and the president of Portugal. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner paints a deeply...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRFortanasce, Vincent.
Summary: A world-renowned neurologist presents a program to lower your risk for developing Alzheimer's by 70%, showing you how to assess your risk factors and follow an anti-Alzheimer's regimen incorporating diet, physical exercises, "neurobics," stress reduction, and quality sleep. Also includes a discussion of the latest medical therapies being developed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2008