Care Giving for Alzheimer’s Disease A Compassionate Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones /

• Main Authors: Benner Carson, Verna (Author), Vanderhorst, Katherine Johnson (Author), Koenig, Harold G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Nursing.; Occupational therapy.; Aging.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Family.; Occupational Therapy.

Veteran clinicians offer a unique framework for understanding the psychological origins of behaviors typical of Alzheimer's and other dementias, and for providing appropriate care for patients as they decline. Guidelines are rooted in the theory of retrogenesis in dementia--that those with the...