HLTH-004 Alzheimer's Resource Manual

Chapters include: What is dementia & how serious is it? -- Seeking treatment -- Common dementia behavior -- Fear of violence -- Working with memory -- Speech and communication issues -- Home hazards -- Food and nutrition for dementia -- Daily exercises -- Wandering issues -- Handling mood changes -- Other helpful tips.

Chapters include: Dementia disorders: an overview -- Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease -- Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease -- Clinical course of Alzheimer's disease -- Atypical presentations of Alzheimer's disease -- Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in clinical practice -- Disclosing the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease -- Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease -- Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease -- Caring for people with dementia towards and at the end of life -- Supporting the person with dementia and the caregiver -- Safety, legal issues, and driving -- Planning of appropriate medical and social care in dementia -- Case vignettes.

Chapters include: Description -- Theories and model of Alzheimer's disease and dementia -- Diagnosis and treatment indications -- Treatment of Alzheimer's disease and dementia -- Case vignette.

Chapters include: Dementia -- Alzheimer's disease: biological aspects -- Alzheimer's disease: the subjective experience -- People with Alzheimer's disease and the social world -- Resilience, selfhood, and creativity -- Types of care and the role of spirituality -- And in the end.

Chapters include: Alzheimer's 101: What is Alzheimer's disease? -- Early signs -- Early and middle stages: Early memory loss -- An Alzheimer's diagnosis -- At home -- Out in the world -- Mood changes and difficult behaviors -- Step into their world -- Changing care needs -- Late stage: Embracing the moment -- Nonverbal communication -- Hospice -- Honoring final wishes.

Chapters include: Introduction -- What is dementia? -- Symptoms of dementia -- Treatments for dementia -- Getting help -- Living with dementia -- Future prospects -- Questions and answers -- How your brain works -- Useful information.

Chapters include: Alzheimer's Disease -- Lewy body dementias and other synucleinopathies -- Frontotemporal lobal degeneration and tauopathies -- Other dementias -- Treatment of secondary behavioral symptoms of dementia.