The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease, other dementias, and memory loss / Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins.

Thirty-six hour day

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

xxiv, 598 pages ; 24 cm.

Sixth edition. Revised and updated large print edition.

Includes index.

Dementia -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Managing the behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms associated with mood change and suspiciousness -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Long-term care arrangements -- Preventing and delaying cognitive decline -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.