Foreword (Jack D. Gordon)

Acknowledgments

Part I: Alzheimer's and other Dementias

      1.  The Coming Crisis: Aging, Dementia, and Society (Kenneth J. Doka)   
      2.  Alzheimer's Disease: Biology and Therapy (Sam Gandy, Raph N. Martins and Joseph Buxbaum)
      3.  Dementias Other Than Alzheimer's (Parag Dalsania)  
      4.  Culture, Ethnicity, and Dementia (Kenneth J. Doka)
      5.  Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia (Phillip McCallion and Mary McCarron)
 

Part II: Personal Perspectives on Alzheimer's

      6.  Journeys Into Alzheimer's (Lin Noyes)   
      7.  Something Was Not Right (Thaddeus M. Rauschi)
      8.  Into the Hands of Strangers (Wayne and Terry Baltz)
      9.  Still Here, Wherever Here Is (Elizabeth Halling)

Part III: Helping Patients and Caregivers Adapt

      10.  Grief and Dementia (Kenneth J. Doka)   
      11.  Grief Therapy for Cognitively Impaired Individuals (Lawrence T. Force)  
      12.  Assessing Grief in Family Caregivers (Thomas M. Meuser, Samuel J. Marwit and Sara Sanders)
      13.  Styles and Strategies of Caregiving Spouses (Mary A. Corcoran)  
      14.  Spirituality and Alzheimer's Disease (Earl A. Grollman)

Part IV: Facing the Future

      15.  Alzheimer's Disease and the Challenge for Hospice (Charles A. Corr, Karen M. Corr and Susan M. Ramsey   
      16.  Alzheimer's and the (Underused) Medicare Hospice Benefit (Leslie Fried)  
      17.  Ethical Challenges of End-of-Life Care for Dementia Patients (Jennifer Kapo and Jason Karlawish)  
      18.  Alzheimer's Disease and the Quality of Life (Bruce Jennings)

Resources (Lisa McGahey Veglahn)

Terms & Conditions