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• Title:Navigating the Alzheimer's journey : a compass for caregiving / by Carol Bowlby Sifton.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bowlby Sifton, Carol.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Health Professions Press, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WT155 .B787 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Home care.
  Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships.
  Caregivers--Family relationships.
  Caregivers.
  
• Medical Subjects: Alzheimer Disease--nursing.
  Caregivers.
  Family Relations.
  Home Nursing.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xxxi, 652 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"Filled with reassurances and practical advice, Navigating the Alzheimer's Journey gives you the encouragement and tools you need to manage the daily care of someone with dementia in a caring, compassionate, and supportive way. As a longstanding professional Alzheimer's specialist and a former caregiver herself, Carol Bowlby Sifton knows exactly what information you need to know." "You will find your most pressing day-to-day needs met in this comprehensive and informative book. Just like a compass, it will keep you confidently pointed in the right direction at each stage of your caregiving journey."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-567).
  
• ISBN:1932529047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Care for the caregiver
  2. Living in the moment
  3. Basic information on dementia
  4. Communicating with someone who has dementia
  5. Creating a supportive environment
  6. Maintaining a familiar lifestyle
  7. Success with daily life activities
  8. Using leisure activities for the person's "re-creation"
  9. Understanding, preventing, and responding to behavioral symptoms
  10. Care planning
  App. All about me.