The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life, 4th - Softcover

Nancy L. Mace; Peter V. Rabins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801885094 ISBN 13: 9780801885099

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for families caring for people with Alzheimer disease, offering comfort and support to millions worldwide. In addition to the practical and compassionate guidance that have made The 36-Hour Day invaluable to caregivers, the fourth edition is the only edition currently available that includes new information on medical research and the delivery of care.

The new edition includes:

- new information on diagnostic evaluation
- resources for families and adult children who care for people with dementia
- updated legal and financial information
- the latest information on nursing homes and other communal living arrangements
- new information on research, medications, and the biological causes and effects of dementia

About this title

About the Author

Nancy L. Mace, M.A., now retired, was a consultant to and a member of the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association and an assistant in psychiatry and coordinator of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of psychiatry, with joint appointments in medicine, mental health, and health policy and management, co-director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, and director of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Review

Both a guide and a legend.

(Chicago Tribune)

The best guide of its kind.

(Chicago Sun-Times)

An excellent book for families who are caring for persons with dementia... A book that physicians can confidently recommend to the families of their patients.

(Journal of the American Medical Association)

Excellent guidance and clear information of a kind that the family needs... The authors offer the realistic advice that sometimes it is better to concede the patient's frailties than to try to do something about them, and that a compassionate sense of humor often helps.

(New York Times)

An excellent, practical manual for families and professionals involved in the care of persons with progressive illnesses... The book is specific and thought-provoking, and it will be helpful to anyone even remotely involved with an 'impaired' person... Highly recommended, especially for public and nursing libraries.

(Library Journal)

Continues to be the 'bible' of recommendation for any caregiver whose family member suffers from dementia.

(Bookwatch)

Recommended to all caregivers and families of persons with dementia as an indispensable source of valuable information on a very wide range of topics.

(Kathryn Oliphant Case Management Journals)

An excellent guide with general information for family caregivers of persons with dementia... The text is person focused and describes the complexity and depth of the care required not only for persons with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia but also for caregivers.

(M. Jean Keller, EdD Activities, Adaptation and Aging)

An admirably realistic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's.

(Michael Greenberg New York Review of Books)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0801885094
• ISBN 13: 9780801885099
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 324