Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out
Posted by admin | Posted in Geriatrics | Posted on 29-08-2010
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Product Description
Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease profoundly alters lives and creates endless uncertainty about the future. How does a person cope with such a life-changing discovery? What are the hopes and fears of someone living with this disease? How does he want to be treated? How does he feel as the disease alters his brain, his relationships, and ultimately himself?
Richard Taylor provides illuminating responses to these and many other questions in this collection of provocative essays. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 61, the former psychologist courageously shares an account of his slow transformation and deterioration and the growing division between his world and the world of others.
With poignant clarity, candor, and even occasional humor, more than 80 brief essays address difficult issues faced by those with Alzheimer’s disease, including
• the loss of independence and personhood
• unwanted personality shifts
• communication difficulties
• changes in relationships with loved ones and friends
• the declining ability to perform familiar tasks
This rare, insightful exploration into the world of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease is a captivating read for anyone affected personally or professionally by the devastating disease. Individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease will take comfort in the voice of a fellow traveler experiencing similar challenges, frustrations, and triumphs. Family and professional caregivers will be enlightened by Taylor’s revealing words, gaining a better understanding of an unfathomable world and how best to care for someone living in it.
Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out
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Right off the author critizes the writers of the New Testament. What does faith have to do with this book??? He puts down the Bible as contradicting. His book is only his perspective!!! I really did not like it at all.
Rating: 2 / 5
Fast service, great book from a first-person perspective, insightful and thought-provoking for those who have a friend or family member with this disease..
Rating: 5 / 5
This is an excellent book to help those of us who have a loved one with Alzheimers better understand the thoughts, feelings, concerns and fears of a person dealing with the disease. We need to have so much compassion for the victims of this disease. Wonderful book!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is probably one the best books I’ve read, and I read a lot. My mother recently died of complications of Alzheimers. This book reflects many of the struggles she talked to me about including how to retain her sense of self and some feelings of competency. I appreciate his emphasis that everyone’s experience with dementia is different and this book presents his experience. I was dazzled by the books simplicity and glad to get a preview of some of the things I need to think about for myself and my husband. In the old days there was little literature from a cancer patient’s perspective. Now there’s a plethora of books by cancer survivors. The nature of Alheimers makes it less likely that there will be a glut of well crafted books providing the perspective of those suffering from the disease. Kudos to this author for taking it on and doing the delicate balancing act of performing while having a disease that impacts performing.
Rating: 5 / 5
My Mother has Alzheimer’s and this book was very helpful in helping me to understand how she sees and thinks about things. She isn’t able to tell me what is going on in her mind at all. I learn the most when I listen to her talk to herself in the mirror. But this book, written by someone who actually was documenting how things were feeling to him, was very helpful. I have been able to get closer to my Mother now. I picked up several ideas on how to communicate with her since reading the book. This has been one of the most helpful books on Alzheimer’s I have read. Another book that I really liked is “Still Alice.”
Rating: 5 / 5