TY - BOOK AU - Mace,Nancy L. AU - Rabins,Peter V. TI - The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life SN - 9780801861482 (alk. paper) AV - RC523 .M33 1999 U1 - 362.196831 22 PY - 1999/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Alzheimer's disease KW - Patients KW - Home care KW - Senile dementia KW - Dementia KW - Alzheimer Disease KW - Caregivers KW - Home Nursing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index; 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 ER -