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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 Drama Alzheimer's disease Patients Family relationships Dementia Patients Care Father and child Jauhar, Sandeep 1968- Maladie d'Alzheimer Patients Relations familialesSummary: Britt is a struggling artist who returns home for a Thanksgiving reunion with her wealthy family. She revisits painful memories and reconciles with a past her mother chooses to ignore - until a secret about the family matriarch changes everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Time 2006Summary: Claire Smythson, wife of the famous abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his last show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ARTChristie, Julie
Summary: A couple who has been married for fifty years must face the challenges of Alzheimer's disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie AwaySummary: Based on Paco Roca's award-winning graphic novel, the story opens with former bank manager Emilio being dispatched to a retirement home by his family. Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo₂s Nest in an old folks home, we are introduced to daily pill regimens, electric gates and an eccentric cast of characters who rebel against institutional authority, while doing everything in their power to avoid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Huelat, 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: 616.8 HUEBerger, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DETJauhar, 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