A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's ...

A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's -- Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks by way of Lela Knox Shanks. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1999 Softcover 193 pp $1295 ISBN 0-14-027619-X Ask your retailer to call 1-800-253-6476

Among the many serious diseases we are threatened with today, Alzheimer's may be the greatest in quantity feared. Why? In addition to being the fourth leading cause of death in the U Shanks narrates us, point blank, that, " it devastates the ability of the mind to function `normally.'"

This part is the story of a man and wife who lived with Alzheimer's disease. The author, Lela, cared for her husband, at dwelling from the time he was diagnosed in 1984 until his death in 1998

It is an immensely moving, even now practical, book, particularly for anyone faced with the challenge of caring for a lov common with a terminal illness. Particularly helpful is her chapter entitled, "20 Coping Strategies," reminding caregivers to "Get information and earn help," as well as more spiritual advice, in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as "Tap into your unused, unlimited inner nerves and creative resources." - PAP

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