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| Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease | 
 enlarge | Author: Joanne Koenig Coste
Creator: Robert Butler
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (32 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7582
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1864710632
Dewey Decimal Number: 362
UPC: 046442485173
EAN: 9780618485178
ASIN: 0618485171
Publication Date: September 8, 2004
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Product Description
More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between carepartners and patients and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia. Learning to Speak Alzheimer's also offers hundreds of practical tips, including how to
cope with the diagnosis and adjust to the disease's progression
help the patient talk about the illness
face the issue of driving
make meals and bath times as pleasant as possible
adjust room design for the patient's comfort
deal with wandering, paranoia, and aggression
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 What a lifesaver! November 11, 2008
This book was more than I could know to ask for. I was besides myself trying to figure out how to deal with my mother and here I learned not just that Alzheimer's is more than not remembering, but that the patient could be helped by altering her environment and learning to understand their language, so to speak. I am less stressed and more understanding, and so my mother is less stressed and happier. The author shares with us exactly how this disease affects perception, understanding, and self-esteem, gives methods of reducing confusion and fear all with plenty of examples, gives advice and tips on finding outside help, and lists resources. Perhaps best of all, she approaches this whole subject with compassion and understanding bourne of personal experience with a loved one. Her short poems at the beginning of each chapter are like teardrops, glistening beauty and sadness.
 This is a very important book - recommended reading for nurses and doctors November 2, 2008
I am so please to have yet another excellent resource to help battle this terrible disease - Alzheimer's disease - why? Because we have an obesity epidemic as well as a diabetes epidemic.
Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Alzheimer's Disease are strongly linked - we need to do all we can to reverse these diseases and books like the Learning to Speak Alzheimer's are very important messages to help win the war against Alzheimer's Disease. Recommend for nurses and doctors both.
Another excellent book I recommend is the two time Award Winning Book - THE APO E GENE DIET - An Integrative Medicine approach to Alzheimer's disease, Heart Disease, and chronic illness - THE APO E GENE DIET - by Pamela McDonald NP.
Pamela McDonald is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner - trained in disease prevention and an Integrative Medicine Fellow - trained at the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine with Andrew Weil, MD.
The Apo E Gene Diet: A Breakthrough in Changing Cholesterol, Weight, Heart and Alzheimer's Using the Body's Own GenesThe Apo E Gene Diet: A Breakthrough in Changing Cholesterol, Weight, Heart and Alzheimer's Using the Body's Own Genes
A must read October 14, 2008
I purchased this book after it was recommended by a friend. It is definitely helpful for anyone who knows, lives with, or takes care of someone living with Alzheimer's.
A Must Read September 21, 2008
This is a must read for anyone with friends or family suffering from Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia, whether or not you are a care-giver. Enables understanding of this dreaded disease, and communication with those who suffer it. You will be wiser and more compassionate after reading it.
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's August 25, 2008
Wonderful book! Balanced, informative, so very helpful. As a caregiver, it gave me what I needed to keep peace and joy in my husband's life.
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