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Summary: For years, Alzheimer's has devastated the lives of millions of families. The disease is the 6th leading cause of death in America. Keith Famie's documentary takes an in-depth look at the history and future of research on this disease.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THO

McMahon, Susan

Summary: Days with Gramps is the story of a family supporting one another through the diagnosis, and progression of Gramps' Alzheimer's Disease. Showing the reality behind family adjustments and then experiencing loss, authors Susan and Elizabeth McMahon provide a story for families struggling and a sense of hope after a terrible loss to a crippling disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorrance Publishing Co. 2022

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920 MCM

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 MCM

Dwinell, Jane

Summary: What do you do when your reality slips away? If you're Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write. When Sky was diagnosed with "probable early stage Alzheimer's" at age 66, he was determined to live as fully with his new reality as possible. He researched dementia, talked about dementia, connected with other people with the disease, and, finally,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rootstock Publishing 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DWI

Huelat, Barbara J.

Summary: "The dementia journey for both caregiver and patient can be chaotic and scary, and while there is no cure for dementia, there ARE interventions that can help make the journey a calmer and more comfortable one. Barbara Huelat offers practical strategies to mitigate the turbulence of dementia care"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 HUE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging Huelat

Berger, Helene

Summary: "CHOOSING JOY is a book of hope. Most accounts of Alzheimer's describe a process of irreversible degeneration and decline. This is a rare success story, the story of a woman who refused to surrender to the implications of her husband's diagnosis, instead inspiring him to join her in making every moment they had together meaningful and precious. A few months after their fiftieth anniversary, Ady...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind Berger

Post, Stephen Garrard

Summary: "A new ethics guideline for caregivers of "deeply forgetful people" and a program on how to communicate and connect based on 30 years of community dialogues through Alzheimer's organizations across the globe"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 POS

Villieu, Valérie

Summary: "When Valérie first met Josephine, she knew she would be embarking on a unique journey. Though vastly different in age, their connection was instantaneous. Humor quickly became their language, their playground, and despite the debilitating disease that Joséphine faced every single day, they were able to form a beautiful friendship that transcended the reaches of modern medicine." -- goodreads.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 VIL

Summary: In comparison to cancer, heart disease, and AIDS, Alzheimer's disease greatly lags in research funding, media attention, and celebrity support. Examine the personal and societal implications of this discrepancy, profiling families living with Alzheimer's, interviewing the doctors on the front lines, and scrutinizing the latest research.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALZ

Pearce, Nancy D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forrason Press 2007

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.9768 PEA

Davis, Patti

Summary: "With the searching, exquisite prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. "For the decade of my father's illness, I felt as if I was floating in the deep end, tossed by waves, carried by currents, but not drowning. "In a singular account of battling Alzheimer's, Patti Davis eloquently weaves personal anecdotes with practical advice...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 DAV

Shanks, Lela Knox.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin books 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 Shank

Mace, Nancy L.

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2011

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Powell, Tia

Summary: "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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 POW

Grinnan, Edward

Summary: "Enjoy the NEW inspirational memoir from Edward Grinnan, Guideposts’ Editor-in-Chief, as he reveals his deeply personal - and hopeful - journey of faith through his mother’s Alzheimer’s and his own fear of getting the disease. A blessing and encouraging read for anyone facing trials. Edward understands the fear and panic of memory loss and Alzheimer’s all too well. He watched Alzheimer’s take...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Guideposts 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRINNAN, EDWARD GRI

Jagger, Steph

Summary: "In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, embark on a road trip through national parks, revisiting the memories, and the mountains, that made them who they are. Steph Jagger lost her mother before she lost her. Her mother, stricken with an incurable disease that slowly erases all sense of self, struggles to remember her favorite...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAGGER, STEPH JAG

Landsverk, Elizabeth

Summary: This book provies a "comprehensive guide that explains everything you and your family need to know about living well with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. A loved one’s dementia diagnosis can leave you feeling scared and overwhelmed. Now a renowned geriatrician who has helped thousands of families live happy, engaged lives—after a dementia diagnosis—shares her expertise in this...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging Landsverk

Gillies, Andrea.

Summary: 'Keeper' is a very humane and honest exploration of living with Alzheimer's, giving an illuminating account of the disease itself. Gillies tells about the time she and her family spent living with someone with dementia, in a big Victorian house in the far, far north of Scotland.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 GIL

Jebelli, Joseph

Summary: A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 JEB
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Woodell, Patricia.

Summary: The purpose of this book is to help families manage the legal, medical, and financial affairs of aging parents and spouses with dementia. Are the Keys in the Freezer?—An Advocate’s Guide for Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias, is a straight-to-the-point beginner’s book chock full of resources aimed at helping families get organized.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 WOO

Coste, Joanne Koenig.

Summary: A new approach to dealing with Alzheimer's disease offers a five step method for caring for people with progressive dementia, while offering hundreds of practical tips to ease life for patients and caregivers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 COS

Mittelman, Mary S.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marlowe & Company 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 MIT

Amos, Carol B.

Summary: H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer’s Journey equips Alzheimer’s caregivers with knowledge, tools, and advice for their difficult road ahead. The concepts are conveyed in an open, honest, and creative manner using original family email communications from Carol B. Amos’s own journey. Carol also introduces The Caregiving Principle™ : a simple approach that provides a deeper understanding of a person with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.97 AMO

Cohen, Elizabeth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.831 COH

Mace, Nancy L.

Summary: Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day assists family members and caregivers in addressing these challenges and simultaneously coping with their own emotions and needs. ...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2017

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