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1) The tunnel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father-an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project"--
3) The swimmers
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"--
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
Drawing from the latest medical research, Dr. Richard Furman helps readers understand dementia and Alzheimer's and shows them how to make lifestyle changes that can reduce the likelihood of developing these diseases.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging, an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared. Convinced Elizabeth is missing and in terrible danger, Maud's search for the truth will go back decades and have shattering consequences. As this singular obsession forms a cornerstone of Maud's rapidly dissolving present, the clues she discovers seem to...
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"If you or someone you love has Alzheimer's Disease or dementia, you may feel frightened, angry, and uncertain about what the future holds. This authoritative resource will answer your questions and serve as your trusted guide. It explains what you're dealing with, what to expect, how the disease progresses, how to talk to doctors, survival tips for caregivers, and much more."--page [4] of cover.
7) Bone harvest
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Struggling with the effects of early-onset dementia, Dennie Keeling now leads a quiet life. Her husband is dead, her children are grown, and her best friend, Sarah, was convicted of murdering her abusive husband. After Sarah's tragic death in prison, Dennie has found solace in her allotment, and all she wants is to be left to tend it in peace. Life remains quiet for twelve years, until three strangers take on a nearby plot and Dennie starts to notice...
Author
Publisher
EK
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mama isn't always herself anymore. Sometimes, she gets tired and sad. She gets frustrated when she can't remember. But there's one thing that she never forgets: the love and care she has for those around her. Join Mama, Chooky La La and the other backyard chickens in this warm-hearted exploration of what happens when memory fails but love goes on forever.
10) The younger wife
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sally Hepworth, the newest breakout star of domestic suspense delivers her next twisty novel about family secrets and lies in The Younger Wife. Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest. Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper....
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
"Research-based advice for people who care for someone with dementia. Nearly half of U.S. citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. When Someone You Love Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, neighbors as well as educators and professionals, anyone touched...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the role that diet plays in brain health and the prevention of cognitive decline and offers a diet designed to ensure that the brain gets the nutrients it needs to function at its best, along with eighty recipes full of brain nutrients.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Severe memory loss and dementia are not inevitable parts of aging. Science now shows that you can make changes, no matter your age, to protect your brain. Join the authors as they guide you through a science-based tour of dementia, including how your brain works and how its function is affected by everything from blood circulation and blood pressure to sugar levels, medications, vision, and hearing.
"Worried about memory loss and dementia risk? This...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia--not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great. In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Food for thought: 75 delicious recipes to boost brainpower. In the search for ways to preserve brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline, there is one evidence-based nutritional plan that rises to the top. The Brain Health Cookbook's MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) is a unique brain-building combination diet that has been scientifically recognized to improve brain health and even prevent cognitive...
Author
Language
English
Description
As a first-year law associate, Sydney Batson knows she will be updating her resume by New Year's if she loses her current court case. So when her grandmother gets inexplicably ill while she's in court, Sydney arranges for a cab to get her to the clinic. The last thing cab driver Finn Parrish wants is to be saddled with a wheelchair-bound old lady with dementia. But because Miss Callie reminds him of his own mother, whom he failed miserably in her...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After getting her master's in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper took a leave of absence from school and began to look after a Holocaust survivor with middle-stage Alzheimer's. For a year, she lived with the emotional strain of caregiving, learning at firsthand how disorienting and painful it can be to look after a person whose condition blatantly disregards the rules of time, order, and continuity. Based on the subsequent decade she has spent counseling...
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