Alzheimer's Disease - Table of Contents

Foreword: Jack D. Gordon
Acknowledgements

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Part I: Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

  1. The Coming Crisis: Aging, Dementia, and Society    Kenneth J. Doka
  2. Alzheimer’s Disease: Biology and Therapy    Sam Gandy, Ralph N. Martins & Joseph Buxbaum
  3. Dementias Other Than Alzheimer’s    Parag Dalsania
  4. Culture, Ethnicity, and Dementia    Kenneth J. Doka
  5. Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia    Phillip McCallion & Mary McCarron

Part II:  Personal Perspectives on Alzheimer's

  1. Journeys Into Alzheimer’s    Lin Noyes
  2. Something Was Not Right    Thaddeus M. Rauschi
  3. Into the Hands of Strangers    Wayne & Terry Baltz
  4. Still Here, Wherever Here Is    Elizabeth Halling

Part III:  Helping Patients and Caregivers Adapt

  1. Grief and Dementia    Kenneth J. Doka
  2. Grief Therapy for Cognitively Impaired Individuals    Lawrence T. Force
  3. Assessing Grief in Family Caregivers    Thomas M. Meuser, Samuel J. Marwit & Sara Sanders
  4. Styles and Strategies of Caregiving Spouses    Mary A. Corcoran
  5. Spirituality and Alzheimer's Disease     Earl A. Grollman

Part IV: Facing the Future

  1. Alzheimer’s Disease and the Challenge for Hospice    Charles A. Corr, Karen M. Corr & Susan M. Ramsey
  2. Alzheimer’s and the (Underused) Medicare Hospice Benefit    Leslie Fried
  3. Ethical Challenges of End-of-Life Care for Dementia Patients    Jennifer Kapo & Jason Karlawish
  4. Alzheimer’s Disease and the Quality of Life    Bruce Jennings
  5. Resources    Lisa McGahey Veglahn

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