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Author: Janet Yagoda Shagam
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Imprint: Prometheus Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9781616147518
ISBN 10: 1616147512
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 16 July 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"" - FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Best General Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers - FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, Health Book category ""[A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it.""-Publishers Weekly""This advice-filled book is a helpful, service-oriented addition to the growing number of books about caring for loved ones with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.""-Booklist ""Janet Yagoda Shagam is thoughtful, compassionate and clear in how she addresses what for many families is a heart-breaking topic.""-Prime Time Magazine
[A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it. <br> - Publishers Weekly
- FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Best General Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers - FINALIST: 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Health Book category [A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it. - Publishers Weekly This advice-filled book is a helpful, service-oriented addition to the growing number of books about caring for loved ones with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. -Booklist Janet Yagoda Shagam is thoughtful, compassionate and clear in how she addresses what for many families is a heart-breaking topic. -Prime Time Magazine
Author Information
Janet Yagoda Shagam (Albuquerque, NM) is a freelance medical and science writer; a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute in G ttingen, Germany; an artist and printmaker; and the coauthor (with Rebecca G. Rogers, MD, and Shelley Kleinschmidt) of Regaining Bladder Control- What Every Woman Needs to Know. She serves on the New Mexico Area Agency on Aging statewide Alzheimer's Task Force.
