The Dementia Caregiver: A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders

by Marc E Agronin and Marc Agronin

Book Overview

Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated--and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because of the nature of these disorders, the only way to become an effective caregiver and cope with the role's many daily challenges is to become well-informed about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442231912
• ISBN13: 9781442231917
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"