Love Never Sleeps : Living at Home with Alzheimer's

by Summer Rain, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781571743251
• ISBN10: 1571743251
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Summary

A leading quantum physicist compares spiritual traditions -- including yoga and the Tibetan Book of the Dead -- the very latest scientific observations, and individual experiences to find out what death really means.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xvii
Some Background History	1	(50)
The Classic Clinical Behavioral Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease and their Management by the At-Home Caregiver	51	(214)
Loss of Cognition	53	(18)
Hoarding and Possessiveness	71	(15)
Loss of Social Graces and Basic Living Skills	86	(20)
Obsessive/Compulsiveness	106	(11)
Paranoia and Phobias	117	(11)
Complaining and Verbal Abusiveness	128	(14)
Sundowning and Night Disturbances	142	(8)
Demanding and Belligerence	150	(8)
Shadowing	158	(9)
Wandering	167	(12)
First Response Denial	179	(10)
Delusions	189	(10)
Hallucinations	199	(14)
Shining On	213	(10)
Preoccupation with Death	223	(9)
Reaching the Retaliation Stage	232	(16)
A World Apart	248	(17)
The Caregiver's Tools for Survival Management through Basic Rationale	265	(70)
Remembering That Grain of Salt	267	(5)
Out of Harm's Way	272	(9)
Know Your Meds	281	(6)
Recognizing Signs of Anxiety	287	(4)
Understanding as Expectation	291	(3)
Using Activities as Distraction	294	(4)
Ingenuity and a Pinch of Basic Psychology	298	(6)
Sharing Knowledge	304	(7)
Minimize Your Loved One's Fears	311	(3)
Prioritizing Behavior	314	(6)
Routine	320	(3)
Recognizing the Importance of Your Patient's Possessions	323	(4)
Acceptance	327	(4)
Dispensing the Magical Properties of the Humor Elixir	331	(4)
Taking the Sting out of Caregiver Guilt The Caregiver's Golden Right to Identity	335	(18)
The Alzheimer's Backlash Phenomenon of Caregiver Guilt	337	(16)
Reflections upon the Waters of Hindsight	353	(8)
Postscript	361	(6)
A Tribute to Ma Belle-A Lad	367	(2)
A Daughter's Afterword	369