Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's by Lisa Snyder
Recent medical advances have made it possible to diagnose Alzheimer's when symptoms are mild and new drugs are under investigation to help slow progression of the disease. Today, when a person is diagnosed, they may have many years ahead with only mild symptoms. The result is that a growing number of people with early-stage Alzheimer's are seeking information about how to take charge of their lives, manage symptoms, and cope effectively with the disease.Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's: An Essential Guide fills an enormous void by providing a thorough, practical guide on coping with the diagnosis, managing symptoms, finding meaningful activity, planning for the future, maintaining important relationships, participating in research, and much more. This book is a working guide to help the person with Alzheimer's feel empowered to move forward in life in light of this challenging diagnosis.
Lisa Snyder is a clinical social worker and the Director of Quality of Life Programs at the University of California, San Diego's Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, where she has counseled persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families since 1987. In the early 1990s, she was a pioneer in the development of support groups for persons with mild dementia, and in the years after, she has focused on acquiring a better knowledge of the subjective experience of Alzheimer's disease and the problems unique to families dealing with the disease in its early stages. She has been the publisher and editor of Perspectives - A Newsletter for Persons with Alzheimer's or Similar Diseases, an international quarterly publication for individuals with dementia, since 1995. It is one of the few ongoing publications published especially by and for people with dementia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781934716038 |
| ISBN 10 | 1934716030 |
| Title | Living Your Best with Early-Stage Alzheimer's |
| Author | Lisa Snyder |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sunrise River Press |
| Year published | 2010-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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