Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer'sPenguin Books, 1999 - 193 sider When the doctors told Lela Shanks that Alzheimer's would render her husband totally helpless, she was given no instructions on how to manage his disease at home. It was understood that Alzheimer's patients were destined for institutional care. Undaunted, she cared for Hughes at home for the next thirteen years until his peaceful death in 1998. In Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks, Lela Shanks sets forth the knowledge and wisdom that made all the difference. She describes her initial denial, her gradual acceptance, and her discovery that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient's humanity. Shanks details the symptoms and stages of the disease, sets forth practical techniques for managing problems such as wandering and incontinence, and outlines twenty coping and survival strategies for caregivers.This moving personal account is an instructional guide and a source of inspiration and support, even humor, for anyone -- family or professional -- who lives or works with men and women with Alzheimer's disease. |
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... staff . In addition , each staff member has the re- sponsibility of knowing and following each resident's comprehensive care plan . ( According to OSCAR Report 18 , the second highest violation in the nation's nursing homes was not ...
... staff . In addition , each staff member has the re- sponsibility of knowing and following each resident's comprehensive care plan . ( According to OSCAR Report 18 , the second highest violation in the nation's nursing homes was not ...
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... staff morale is better , and costs go down . Another major difference from the medical model is that the social model discourages the use of chemicals and restraints as means of controlling the patients . In some facilities they are ...
... staff morale is better , and costs go down . Another major difference from the medical model is that the social model discourages the use of chemicals and restraints as means of controlling the patients . In some facilities they are ...
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... staff " but instead a " blending of staff . ” 29 Some new facilities using the social model have a policy of not hiring nurses who have worked in a medical model nursing home in the previous two years . According to Jacqueline M ...
... staff " but instead a " blending of staff . ” 29 Some new facilities using the social model have a policy of not hiring nurses who have worked in a medical model nursing home in the previous two years . According to Jacqueline M ...
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PART ONE The Symptoms and Stages of Alzheimers Disease | 7 |
PART TWO Techniques for Successful InHome Management | 39 |
PART THREE Surviving the Stress of Caregiving | 91 |
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