Dementia Untangled

"Severe memory loss and dementia are not inevitable parts of aging. Science now shows that you can make changes, no matter your age, to protect your brain. Join the authors as they guide you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing"--

The leading board review and recertification study guide, now thoroughly updated. Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review, Second Edition is designed to assist both physicians-in-training who are preparing for the initial American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification examination and neurologists who are preparing for recertification. Trainees and other physicians in related specialties such as psychiatry, neurosurgery, or physiatry may also find this book useful for review or in preparation for their own certification examinations. This essential guide continues to provide core knowledge of both basic and clinical aspects of neurology It is divided into 16 subspecialty sections, each with Questions and Answers written in the style of the ABPN exam. All chapters have been extensively reviewed to ensure that they reflect the current standard of care, maintain a focus on exam preparation, and identify and highlight key pieces of information without being verbose.The emphasis is placed on clinical knowledge related to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patient management. The new edition is up to date and comprehensive, eliminating the need for multiple resources. Key features include: -Streamlined content to facilitate board preparation -Extensive illustrations, radiologic images, and pathologic images -High-yield facts in each chapter for quick review -Question bank of 466 questions with answer pairs to assess knowledge -Focused boxes and tables for quick review

If you're one of the more than 11 million Americans providing unpaid care for a loved one with dementia, then keep reading... Dementia is tough on the person suffering from it... and tough on their caregivers. But rest assured that there are ways to make life easier for everyone, you included. With the help of this easy-to-follow guide, you will be able to put the necessary systems in place to care for your loved one, without sacrificing your well-being. Take a leaf out of the book of the many people who have already walked this path and know what works, and what doesn't, in dementia care. In this helpful and supportive book, you will discover: How to deal with the initial shock when you all discover that dementia is on the cards An overview of what is going on in the brain of someone with dementia and how this affects their daily mental and emotional functioning Practical tips for task management, from basic hygiene to creating workable schedules for your loved one How to handle the most common challenging behaviors - what to do when your loved one goes missing, acts up, gets paranoid, or refuses to cooperate Why you need to develop a good working relationship with your loved one's medical team - and the information you need to keep track of when coordinating with them How to take advantage of technology in caring for your loved one - from clocks and communication aids to GPS tracking devices Legal, financial, and housing considerations you need to make to ensure your loved one is properly protected When you may need to consider assisted care, assisted living arrangements, or specialized nursing How to look after your own needs so that you have the strength and energy to look after everyone else And much more. The burdens you're carrying now may be heavy, but you don't need to carry them alone. Get the guidance and support you need to tackle this devastating condition. Get the help you need as a caregiver.

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A guide to the history of dementia and Alzheimer's including a person's perception of his/her environment, disease stages, communication changes, physiological alterations, grief and death.

Provides consumer health information about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer disease and other dementias, along with tips for coping with memory loss and related complications and advice for caregivers. Includes index, glossary of related terms, directory of resources.

Have the social safety nets, environmental protections, and policies to redress wealth and income inequality enacted after World War II contributed to declining rates of dementia today—and how do we improve brain health in the future? For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future? In American Dementia, Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, argue that the current decline of dementia may be strongly linked to mid–twentieth century policies that reduced inequality, provided widespread access to education and healthcare, and brought about cleaner air, soil, and water. They also • explain why Alzheimer's disease, an obscure clinical label until the 1970s, is the hallmark illness of our current hyper-capitalist era; • reveal how the soaring inequalities of the twenty-first century—which are sowing poverty, barriers to healthcare and education, loneliness, lack of sleep, stressful life events, environmental exposures, and climate change—are reversing the gains of the twentieth century and damaging our brains; • tackle the ageist tendencies in our culture, which disadvantage both vulnerable youth and elders; • make an evidence-based argument that policies like single-payer healthcare, a living wage, and universal access to free higher education and technical training programs will build collective resilience to dementia; • promote strategies that show how local communities can rise above the disconnection and loneliness that define our present moment and come together to care for our struggling neighbors. Ultimately, American Dementia asserts that actively remembering lessons from the twentieth century which help us become a healthier, wiser, and more compassionate society represents our most powerful intervention for preventing Alzheimer's and protecting human dignity. Exposing the inconvenient truths that confound market-based approaches to memory enhancement as well as broader social organization, the book imagines how we can act as citizens to protect our brains, build the cognitive resilience of younger generations, and rise to the moral challenge of caring for the cognitively frail.