The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life / Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins.

[Baltimore] : [Johns Hopkins University Press], [1999], ©1999.

xx, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

3rd ed.

Dementia -- Getting medical help for the impaired person -- Characteristic problems of dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Problems of mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the impaired person as parts of a family -- How caring for an impaired person affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Nursing homes and other living arrangements --- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.

Includes bibliographic references (p. [313]-316) and index