Summary: Balancing practical know-how with medical theory, this program examines the needs of patients with dementia and explores a range of fulfilling activities that foster self-worth and belonging. After an insightful look at dementia and its symptoms, the video illustrates both one-on-one and group activities and identifies which recreational pursuits are best suited to a particular level of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: It can affect anyone, from night clerk to Nobel laureate. Physicians have identified more than 70 potential causes of irreversible mental deficiency, or dementia-which most often takes the form of Alzheimer's disease-and worldwide data indicate that its occurrence is on an upward trend. This program spotlights promising medical trials aimed at halting the mental and physiological tragedy of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Helmink, Eveline
Summary: "A vital source of solace and compassion for those whose loved one has dementia, rooted in the author's unflinching experience of caring for her mother."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 HELHaseltine, William A.
Summary: "Cognitive disorders take a toll on everyone -- the person living with the condition, their family, friends, caregivers, and the communities they live in. While there is an increasing amount of medical research in this field, there is a lack of firsthand information about the experience of living with these disorders and caring for people with dementia. Voices in Dementia Care is based on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenleaf Book Group Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 HASHuelat, 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 HuelatSummary: The experience of the family members and spouses in this program reflects that of thousands of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers who struggle daily with the heartfelt conflict of love and obligation. This program presents examples of caregivers who have learned to cope effectively with these stresses, restoring balance in their own lives. The importance of caregiver support groups and other...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Many people report that being told they could no longer drive was even more difficult than receiving their diagnosis of Alzheimer's. This two-section program examines the numerous issues faced by dementia patients and their caregivers when a decision has to be made about driving. In section one patients and concerned family members express mutual frustration about giving up the keys as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Mace, Nancy L.
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 assists family members and caregivers in addressing these challenges and simultaneously coping with their own emotions and needs. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2017
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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 DEVKiper, Dasha
Summary: "These compelling case histories meld science and storytelling to illuminate the complex relationship between the mind of someone with dementia and the mind of the person caring for them. After getting a master's degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer's disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KIPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KIPLandsverk, Elizabeth
Summary: This book provies a "comprehensive guide that explains everything you and your family need to know about living well with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. A loved one’s dementia diagnosis can leave you feeling scared and overwhelmed. Now a renowned geriatrician who has helped thousands of families live happy, engaged lives—after a dementia diagnosis—shares her expertise in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 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 SARLewis, Stephen
Summary: An extraordinary story demonstrating how the love between a dementia sufferer and her husband/caregiver sustained them even as the disease worked its way to its inevitable and foreordained conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920 LEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEWIS LEWHaffner, Sebastian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.085 HAFSummary: Filmed over a three-year period, this program follows the journeys of three families living with Alzheimer's or dementia. As they struggle with constant challenges, each caregiver describes for the camera what it is like to provide aid and comfort in even the smallest task while still trying to help a spouse or parent maintain a sense of dignity. Myrle, a fiercely independent woman, refuses any...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Contents: Daffy Duck's rhapsody (Mel Blanc) -- Yoda ("Weird Al" Yankovic) -- The elements (Tom Lehrer) -- Deteriorata (National Lampoon) -- Charlie Brown (the Coasters) -- Dungeons and dragons (the Dead Alewives) -- Eskimo (Corky & the Juice Pigs) -- The ballad of Bilbo Baggins (Leonard Nimoy) -- Kill the wabbit (Ozzy Fudd) -- Stress (Jim's Big Ego) -- On the shoulders of freaks (Henry Phillips) -- Bars...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2000
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Summary: "Meet the visionary physicists, chemists, engineers, and entertainers (as well as mice, bears, tortoises, and more) who took rockets from illuminations in the sky to the most powerful vehicles ever known. You'll also find out how using a gyroscope, swinging on a swing set, and spraying water from a garden hose are the keys to understanding space travel"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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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: Having been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate, assumes another identity, and continues to try to outrun death, no matter the consequences.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC MCCThroop, Amy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cando Books LLC 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 THRJoukowsky, Artemis A. W.
Summary: "Official companion to the Ken Burns film premiering September 20, 2016, on PBS tells the little-known story of the Sharps, an otherwise ordinary couple whose faith and commitment to social justice inspired them to undertake dangerous rescue and relief missions across war-torn Europe, saving the lives of countless refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II." -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 JOUSummary: Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DEFHarper, Lynn Casteel
Summary: An estimated fifty million people in the world suffer from dementia. Diseases such as Alzheimer's erase parts of one's memory but are also often said to erase the self. People don't simply die from such diseases; they are imagined, in the clichés of our era, as vanishing in plain sight, fading away, or enduring a long goodbye. In On Vanishing, Lynn Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and nursing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.83 HARSummary: 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