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Alzheimer's Disease: Basic Guides






The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life / Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins. -- 3rd ed. -- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

The ABCs of dementia / Kathryn A. Bayles, Cheryl K. Tomoeda ; National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona. - 2nd ed. - Phoenix, Ariz. : Canyonlands Pub., c1995.

Advances : progress in Alzheimer research and care / Alzheimer's Association. -- Chicago : The Association. [Quarterly newsletter. Combines and continues the former titles: National newsletter and Advances in Alzheimer research]

Aging with Grace/ David Snowdon.-New York, New York: Bantam Books, c2001.

Alzheimer's A to Z: secrets to successful caregiving /Jytte Lokvig. -Santa Fe., N.M.: Endless Circle Press, c2002.

Alzheimer's A to Z: everything you need to know about Alzheimer's / Jytte Lokvig and John Becker. - Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., c2004.

Alzheimer's & dementia : questions you have ... answers you need / Jennifer Hay. - Allentown, PA : People's Medical Society, 1996.

Alzheimer's at your fingertips / Harry Cayton, Dr. Nori Graham, Dr. James Warner. - London : Class Publishing, 1997.

Alzheimer's at your fingertips: the comprehensive dementia reference book for the year 2001 /Harry Cayton, Nori Graham & James Warner. - London, Great Britain : Class Publishing, Korean Translation by Sun Yuk Publishing, c2001.

Alzheimer's : a caregiver's guide and sourcebook / Howard Gruetzner. - Updated and rev. - New York : Wiley, c1992.

Alzheimer's disease : a guide for families / Lenore S. Powell with Katie Courtice. - Rev. ed. - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1993.

Alzheimer's disease : questions and answers / Paul S. Aisen, Deborah B. Marin, and Kenneth L. Davis. - 2nd ed. -- Coral Springs, FL : Merit Publishing International, 1999.

Alzheimer's : the answers you need / by Helen D. Davies, Michael P. Jensen. -- Forest Knolls, Calif. : Elder Books, c1998. [Advice for patients in the early stages]

Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease: a manual for facility staff / Lisa P. Gwyther. -American Health Care Association, Washington, D.C.; Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Ill., c2001.

Coping & caring : living with Alzheimer's disease / AARP. - Washington, DC : American Association of Retired Persons, Health Advocacy Services, Program Coordination and Development Dept., c1993. [Pamphlet box]

Dementia : a practical guide to Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses / Leonard Heston and June White. - New York, N.Y. : W.H. Freeman and Company, c1983.

Early Alzheimer's : an international newsletter on dementia - Santa Barbara, CA : Santa Barbara Alzheimer's Association. [In binder with International forum on early dementia]

Facts about Alzheimer's disease : a practitioner's guide / Jeffrey L. Cummings, D. Frank Benson ; edited by Cynthia J. Robinson. - Los Angeles, CA : French Foundation for Alzheimer Research, c1994. [Pamphlet box]

The Forgetting -- Alzheimer's: portrait of an epidemic / David Shenk. - New York, New York. : Published by Doubleday, c2001.

Glimmers: a journey into Alzheimer's disease / Heidi E. Hamilton. - - Ashland, Oregon. : RiverWood Books, c2003.

A Guide to Alzheimer's disease / Barry Reisberg. - New York : Free Press, 1983, c1981.

International forum on early dementia : multidisciplinary perspectives on the early stages of Alzheimer's disease / Robyn Yale, publisher and executive editor, and Lisa Snyder, editor ; Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of California at San Diego. - San Francisco, CA : Yale, 1995- [Quarterly newsletter. In binder with Early Alzheimer's]

Just for you : for people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease / Alzheimer Canada. - Toronto, Ont. : Alzheimer Canada, [199-] [Pamphlet box]

The Living death : Alzheimer's in America / prepared for the National Foundation for Medical Research by Guy Lushin. - [S.l.] : Potomac Pub. Co., 1990.

The Loss of self : a family resource for the care of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders / Donna Cohen, Carl Eisdorfer. - New York : Plume/Penguin, c1986.

Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's disease / Ronald Petersen, M.D., Editor in Chief, Mayo Clinic. - Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Clinic, c2002.

Perspectives : a newsletter for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease / Lisa Snyder, publisher and executive editor, and Robyn Yale. - La Jolla, CA : Snyder, 1995- [Quarterly newsletter]

Practical dementia care / Peter V.Rabins, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Cynthia D. Steele. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Terms & tips : an Alzheimer care handbook / Alzheimer's Association. - Chicago : The Association, 1995.

Understanding Alzheimer's disease : what it is, how to cope with it, future directions / Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association ; edited by Miriam K. Aronson ; foreword by Robert N. Butler. - New York : Scribner, c1988.

Understanding "senility" : a layperson's guide / Virginia Fraser and Susan M. Thornton.. - Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1987.

The Vanishing mind : a practical guide to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias / Leonard L. Heston, June A. White. - New York : W.H. Freeman, c1991.

What you need to know about Alzheimer's / John Medina. - Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., c1999.

When your loved one has Alzheimer's : a caregiver's guide / David L. Carroll. - New York : Harper & Row, c1989.


In the National Capital Area chapter service territory, for more information about this Library topic, please contact the Chapter: 703-359-4440 or toll-free 1-800-272-3900. Outside the National Capital Area, please contact your local Chapter. Your local Chapter may not have these particular books, but can help you locate books on this topic.


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