Overview
Originally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Now in a new and updated edition, this best-selling book features thoroughly revised chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of dementia, and finding appropriate living arrangements for the person who has dementia when home care is no longer an option.
Full Product Details
Author: Nancy L. Mace, MA ,
Peter V. Rabins, MD MPH
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: fifth edition, large print
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9781421403076
ISBN 10: 1421403072
Pages: 648
Publication Date: 03 October 2011
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781421402796
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Both a guide and a legend. (Chicago Tribune) The best guide of its kind. (Chicago Sun-Times) An excellent book for families who are caring for persons with dementia... A book that physicians can confidently recommend to the families of their patients. (Journal of the American Medical Association) Excellent guidance and clear information of a kind that the family needs... The authors offer the realistic advice that sometimes it is better to concede the patient's frailties than to try to do something about them, and that a compassionate sense of humor often helps. (New York Times) An admirably realistic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's. (New York Review of Books)
"""Both a guide and a legend."" (Chicago Tribune) ""The best guide of its kind."" (Chicago Sun-Times) ""An excellent book for families who are caring for persons with dementia... A book that physicians can confidently recommend to the families of their patients."" (Journal of the American Medical Association) ""Excellent guidance and clear information of a kind that the family needs... The authors offer the realistic advice that sometimes it is better to concede the patient's frailties than to try to do something about them, and that a compassionate sense of humor often helps."" (New York Times) ""An admirably realistic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's."" (New York Review of Books)"""
Author Information
Nancy L. Mace, M.A., now retired, was a consultant to and a member of the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association and an assistant in psychiatry and coordinator of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is coauthor of Teaching Dementia Care: Skill and Understanding, also published by Johns Hopkins. Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of psychiatry, with joint appointments in medicine, mental health, and health policy and management, co-director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, and director of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
