The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life

by Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins

Overview

Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for families caring for people with Alzheimer disease, offering comfort and support to millions worldwide. In addition to the practical and compassionate guidance that have made The 36-Hour Day invaluable to caregivers, the fourth edition is the only edition currently available that includes new information on medical research and the delivery of care.

The new edition includes:

-new information on diagnostic evaluation-resources for families and adult children who care for people with dementia-updated legal and financial information-the latest information on nursing homes and other communal living arrangements-new information on research, medications, and the biological causes and effects of dementia

Also available in a large print edition

Praise for The 36-Hour Day:

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801889486
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Series:	A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	68,553
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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. 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.

Editorial Reviews

An admirably realistic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's.

New York Review of Books - Michael Greenberg

An excellent guide with general information for family caregivers of persons with dementia... The text is person focused and describes the complexity and depth of the care required not only for persons with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia but also for caregivers.

Activities, Adaptation and Aging - M. Jean Keller

Recommended to all caregivers and families of persons with dementia as an indispensable source of valuable information on a very wide range of topics.

Case Management Journals - Kathryn Oliphant

Continues to be the 'bible' of recommendation for any caregiver whose family member suffers from dementia.

Bookwatch

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 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

The best guide of its kind.

Chicago Sun-Times

Both a guide and a legend.

Chicago Tribune

Recommended to all caregivers and families of persons with dementia as an indispensable source of valuable information on a very wide range of topics.

— Kathryn Oliphant

Case Management Journals

An admirably realistic guide to caring for people with Alzheimer's.

— Michael Greenberg

New York Review of Books

In short, the fourth edition... is a comprehensive resource guide that will help you learn to care for family members.

— Auggie Moore

Large Print Reviews

The 36-Hour Day continues to be the 'bible' of recommendation for any caregiver whose family member suffers from dementia.

Midwest Book Review