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Title: The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life by Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins ISBN: 0-446-61041-0 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Known in the caregiving underworld as "THE Caregiver Bible"
Comment: I am currently on my 2nd paperback copy, and it's very well thumbed and soon to be replaced. As a full time caregiver facing the horror of Alzheimer's Disease along with all the hard work and emotional trauma, I find myself returning again and again to this book. Real life answers for the unreal life of coping with dementia in someone you love.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential for families experiencing Alzheimer's
Comment: The small type notwithstanding, this book has been so helpful to us in understanding how to deal with our family member and her spouse. Each experience we have had seems to be covered; I wish we had bought this when we first noticed symptoms, long before she was diagnosed, and long before her spouse would admit there was a problem. However, we did find that when we gave it to the (elderly) spouse, he did not read it and found the large amount of material daunting. I don't think a smaller type face would have helped, as the other reviewers indicated, because it would have then been even a longer, larger book. What he finally *would* read was only a brochure from the doctor, which was very basic.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Fairly Clinical Approach to Alzheimer's Caregiving
Comment: More than 3 million Americans are currently over 80 years old, and their numbers are expected to double by 2025. As the number of very old expands, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia will increase proportionately. Already at least 1 in 4 Americans cares for an elderly relative; in just a few years, a greater proportion will assume the mantle of caregiver to a dementia patient.
I do not find this thought comfortable, nor did I find The 36-Hour Day comfortable reading. As the caregiver of an elderly person with Alzheimer's, I found this volume helpful with specific problems that often accompany Alzheimer's disease but much in need of updating in other areas, such as caring for the caregiver. Going to a counselor or buying a new dress may have been reasonable options in 1999. For many caregivers in 2004, they are too expensive to be considered.
Recommended primarily as an overview of what to expect with specific dementia-related problems.
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