The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life, rev ed.The 36-Hour Day: Revised Edition Mace NL, Rabins PV. Baltimore, MD 21211, Johns Hopkins University Press The Johns Hopkins University Press is a publishing house and division of Johns Hopkins University that engages in publishing journals and books. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. , 1991, paperback, 329 pp, $9.95. The subtitle sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. of this book indicates its theme: "a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life." The book is filled with practical advice about how to live with and care for a person with a dementing illness. The first 10 chapters deal with understanding the disease, finding medical help, and the characteristic problems and behaviors often demonstrated by these patients. Chapters 11 through 14 deal with caring for the caregivers, with individual chapters on caring for oneself, one's spouse, and children and teenagers who may live in the home with the patient. The next two chapters deal with financial concerns and with selecting a nursing home. The last two chapters give a more formal presentation of diagnostic categories relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc dementia and to research into these disorders. Each chapter is filled with practical suggestions about how to cope; many of the suggestions have come from families who are currently coping or who have coped with having a family member with dementia. Physical therapists and occupational therapists occupational therapist A person trained to help people manage daily activities of living–dressing, cooking, etc, and other activities that promote recovery and regaining vocational skills Salary $51K + 4% bonus. See ADL. are presented as skilled professionals who are able to identify remaining abilities and who are able to help with activities of daily living. Appendixes provide lists of further reading, organizations that may be of help, sources of supplies, state agencies, and the rights of nursing home residents. The book also provides a good index. There is a lot of repetition, which is appropriate given the instructions in the beginning: to read only those sections that address problems with which you are concerned at the time. I highly recommend this book to any professional who deals with patients with dementing illnesses or who advises families of these patients. it may also prove to be a good reference for family members of these patients. Otto Otto, Austrian archduke Otto: see Hapsburg, Otto von. D Payton, PhD, PT Medical College of Virginia History The school was founded in 1838 as the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College. It received an independent charter from the General Assembly in 1854 and became the Medical College of Virginia, and shortly thereafter transferred all its property to the Commonwealth Richmond, Va |
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