The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias

Featuring everything from the causes of dementia to managing its early stages to advice on caring for those in the later stages of the disease, it is widely considered to be the most detailed and trusted book available. Highlighting useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of dementia, this new edition has been completely updated. It features * brand-new content on everything from home care aides to useful apps to promising preventative techniques and therapies * practical advice for avoiding caregiver burnout-plus tips for when and how to get additional help * a completely new two-column design that allows readers to quickly access what they need * a bonus accompanying website that keeps readers updated on what’s new in dementia caregiving The central idea underlying this indispensable book-that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them-remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.

Authors

Before she retired, Nancy L. Mace, MA (CONCORD, CA), was a consultant to and 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 of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH (TOWSON, MD), is a professor of the practice in the Erickson School of Aging Management Services at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The author of Is It Alzheimer’s? 101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Memory Loss and Dementia, he was the founding director of the geriatric psychiatry program and the first holder of the Richman Family Professorship of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.