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The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias / by Mace, Nancy L.,author.(CARDINAL)341698; Rabins, Peter V.,author.(CARDINAL)341701;
Foreword -- Preface -- Dementia. What is dementia? ; The person who has dementia ; Where do you go from here? -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia. Evaluation of the person with a suspected dementia ; Finding someone to do an evaluation -- The medical treatment and management of dementia. The physician ; The nurse ; The social worker ; The geriatric care manager ; The pharmacist -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia. The brain, behavior, and personality: why people who have dementia do the things they do ; Caregiving: some general suggestions ; Memory problems ; Overreacting, or catastrophic reactions ; Combativeness ; Problems with speech and communication : Problems people who have dementia experience in making themselves understood ; Problems people who have dementia experience in understanding others -- Loss of coordination ; Loss of sense of time ; Symptoms that are better sometimes and worse at other times -- Problems in independent living. Mild cognitive impairment ; Managing the early stages of dementia ; When a person must give up a job ; When a person can no longer manage money ; When a person can no longer drive safely ; When a person can no longer live alone : When you suspect that someone living alone is developing dementia ; What you can do ; Moving to a new residence -- Problems arising in daily care. Hazards to watch for : In the house ; Outdoors ; Riding in the car ; Highways and parking lots ; Smoking ; Hunting -- Nutrition and mealtimes : Meal preparation ; Mealtimes ; Problem eating behaviors ; Malnutrition ; Weight loss ; Choking ; When to consider tube feeding -- Exercise -- Recreation ; Meaningful activity -- Personal hygiene : Bathing ; Locating care supplies ; Dressing ; Grooming ; Oral hygiene -- Incontinence (wetting or soiling) : Urinary incontinence ; Bowel incontinence ; Cleaning up -- Problems with walking and balance, and falling : Becoming chairbound or bedfast ; Wheelchairs ; Changes you can make at home ; Should environments be cluttered or bare? -- Medical problems ; Pain ; Falls and injuries ; Pressure sores ; Dehydration ; Pneumonia ; Constipation ; Medications ; Dental problems ; Vision problems ; Hearing problems ; Dizziness ; Visiting the doctor ; If the person with dementia must enter the hospital ; Seizures, fits, or convulsions ; Jerking movements (myoclonus) ; Death of the person who has dementia : The cause of death ; Dying at home ; Hospice and palliative care ; Dying in the hospital or nursing home ; When should treatment end? ; What kind of care can be given at the end of life? -- Managing the behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. The six R's of behavior management ; Concealing memory loss ; Wandering : Why people wander ; The management of wandering ; Sleep disturbances and night wandering -- Worsening in the evening ("sundowning") ; Losing, hoarding, or hiding things ; Rummaging in drawers and closets ; Inappropriate sexual behavior ; Repeating the question ; Repetitious actions ; Distractability ; Clinging or persistently following you around ("shadowing") ; Complaints or insults ; Taking things ; Forgetting phone calls ; Demands ; Stubbornness and uncooperativeness ; When the person who has dementia insults the sitter ; Using medication to manage behavior -- Symptoms associated with mood change and suspiciousness ; Depression ; Complaints about health ; Suicide ; Alcohol or drug abuse ; Apathy and listlessness ; Remembering feelings ; Anger and irritability ; Anxiety, nervousness, and restlessness ; False ideas, suspiciousness, paranoia, and hallucinations : Misinterpretation ; Failure to recognize people or things (agnosia) ; "My mother is coming for me" ; Suspiciousness ; Hiding things ; Delusions and hallucinations -- Having nothing to do -- Special arrangements if you become ill. Ways to get help ; In the event of your death -- Getting outside help. Help from friends and neighbors ; Finding information and services ; Kinds of services : Having someone come into your home ; Home care ; Adult care ; Short-stay residential care -- Planning in advance for home care, day care, and respite care ; When the person who has dementia rejects the care ; Your own feelings about getting respite for yourself ; Locating resources ; Paying for care ; Should respite programs mix people who have different problems? ; Determining the quality of services ; Research and demonstration programs -- You and the person who has dementia. Changes in roles ; Understanding family conflicts : Division of responsibility -- Your marriage ; Coping with role changes and family conflict : A family conference -- When you live out of town ; When you are not the primary caregiver, what can you do to help? ; Caregiving and your job -- Your children : Teenagers -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you. Emotional reactions : Anger ; Embarrassment ; Helplessness ; Guilt ; Laughter, love, and joy ; Grief ; Depression ; Isolation and feeling alone ; Worry ; Being hopeful and being realistic -- Mistreating the person who has dementia ; Physical reactions : Fatigue ; Illness ; Sexuality : If your spouse has dementia ; If a parent who has dementia lives with you -- The future : You as a spouse alone -- When the person you have cared for dies -- Caring for yourself. Take time out : Give yourself a present ; Friends ; Avoid isolation -- Find additional help if you need it ; Recognize the warning signs ; Counseling -- Joining with other families: the Alzheimer's Association and similar organizations : Support groups ; Excuses -- Advocacy -- Financial and legal issues. Your financial assessment : Potential expenses ; Potential resources -- Where to look for the forgetful person's resources ; Legal matters -- Long-term care arrangements. Types of living arrangements ; Moving with the person who has dementia ; Nursing homes ; Memory care units ; Finding a long-term care setting outside the home : Paying for care ; Guidelines for selecting a long-term care facility -- Moving a person to a residential care facility ; Adjusting to a new life : Visiting ; Your own adjustment -- When problems occur in the nursing home or other residential care facility ; Sexual issues in nursing homes or other care facilities -- Preventing and delaying cognitive decline. Usual age-associated changes : Recalling words and speed of mental performance -- Risk factors for dementia : Cardiovascular factors ; Physical exercise ; Social and intellectual activity ; Diet ; Education ; Diabetes ; Depression ; Toxins ; Head injury ; Age ; Genetics -- Medications -- Summary -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia. Mild cognitive impairment ; Dementia : Alcohol Use disorder associated dementia ; Alzheimer Disease ; Amnestic (korsakoff) syndrome ; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy ; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy ; Cortico-basal ganglionic degeneration ; Depression ; The frontotemporal dementias ; HIV-AIDS dementia ; Lewy body dementia ; Parkinson disease-associated dementia -- Primary Progressive Aphasia -- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI or head trauma) -- Vascular dementia -- Young or early onset dementia ; Primary progressive aphasia ; Progressive supranuclear palsy ; Traumatic brain injury (head trauma) ; Vascular dementia ; Young or early onset dementia ; Other brain disorders : Delirium ; Stroke and other localized brain injury ; Transient ischemic attack -- Research in dementia. Understanding research : Bogus cures -- Research in vascular dementia and stroke ; Research in Alzheimer Disease : Structural changes in the brain ; Brain cells ; Neuroplasticity ; Neurotransmitters ; Electrical signaling ; Abnormal proteins ; Abnormal proteins within brain cells ; Nerve growth factors ; Infection ; Prions ; Brain (or stem) cell transplants ; Metals ; Immune system defects ; Head trauma ; Drug studies -- Epidemiology ; Down Syndrome ; aging ; Heredity and dementia ; Sex ; Neuropsychological testing ; Brain imaging ; Keeping physically and mentally active ; The effect of acute illness on dementia ; Research into the delivery of services ; Protective factors ; One disease or many?"For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer's, and other dementias, the book is widely known for its authoritativeness and compassionate approach to care. Highlighting useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of dementia, this new edition has been updated completely and 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."--
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Senile dementia;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 34
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Your natural medicine cabinet : a practical guide to drug-free remedies for common ailments / by Lenninhan, Burke.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Machine generated contents note: pt. One Creating a Strong Foundation -- Bottom-Line Basics for Healthy Eating -- Simple Suggestions for Daily Supplements -- Healthy Emotional Expression -- Mental Clarity -- Support Your Body's Healing Energy -- Get Strength from Nature -- The Power of Mind-Body Medicine -- pt. Two Drug-Free Remedies for Common Ailments -- What's Safe to Treat at Home -- Acid Reflux (GERD) -- Acne -- Allergies/Hayfever -- Anxiety -- Arthritis -- Athlete's Foot -- Back Pain -- Bedwetting -- Bleeding and Bruising -- Blisters -- Breastfeeding -- Burns and Sunburn -- Cancer Treatment, Side Effects of -- Canker Sores -- Colds and Nasal Congestion -- Constipation -- How to Make a Castor Oil Pack -- Coughs -- Cuts and Scrapes -- Diarrhea -- Ear Problems -- Earaches and Ear Infections -- Emotional First Aid -- Eye Problems -- Fatigue -- First Aid -- Flu -- Gas (Intestinal) -- Gout -- Hair, Thinning or Graying -- Hemorrhoids -- Herpes and Shingles -- Hormone Balancing for Women -- Insomnia -- Kidney Stones -- Menopause Symptoms -- Menstrual Cramps -- Migraines -- Muscle Cramps -- Nails: Cracked, Split, or Fungal -- Nausea and Vomiting -- Nerve Pain and Frazzled Nerves -- Osteoporosis and Osteopenia -- PMS -- Sciatica -- Splinters and Embedded Objects -- Sports Injuries -- Sprains and Strains -- Stings, Hives, and Itchy Skin -- Surgery: Pre-Op and Post-Op -- Teething -- Thumbsucking -- Tooth Problems -- Travel Tips -- Tummy Troubles and Food Poisoning -- Urinary Incontinence -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Varicose Veins -- Vision Problems -- Warts and Skin Tags -- pt. Three Stocking Your Natural Medicine Cabinet -- Starting Your Natural Medicine Cabinet: The Short List -- Combination Remedies: Quick and Easy -- A Handful of Healing Herbs -- Flower Essences for Emotional Rescue -- Cell Salts for Gentle Mending and Strengthening -- Homeopathic Medicines: A Starter Set - Part four: How to Use Homeopathic Medicines -- Buying Homeopathic Medicines and How to Use Them -- How Do the Remedies Work? -- What Does the Label Mean? -- For More Information -- pt. Five Your Support System -- Learn to Check for Yourself -- Find Your Kindred Spirits -- The "Internet Doctor" -- Partner with Your Primary Care Doctor -- Find a Holistic Health Care Professional.Your Natural Medicine Cabinet features the most important and up-to-date information for healing nearly 200 common ailments using the most effective, fastest-acting and affordable natural remedies available today. Its concise, user-friendly format is ideal for overworked moms, stressed-out dads, and anyone interested in simple, natural, drug-free alternatives for themselves and their children.
Subjects: Alternative medicine.; Herbs; Naturopathy.; Herbal treatments.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bragg apple cider vinegar miracle health system : with the Bragg healthy lifestyle blueprint for physical, mental and spiritual improvement : healthy, vital living to 120 / by Bragg, Paul C.(Paul Chappuis),1895-1976.(CARDINAL)714324; Bragg, Patricia,1929-2023.(CARDINAL)396523;
Subjects: Cider vinegar;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Food as medicine : how to use diet, vitamins, juices, and herbs for a healthier, happier, and longer life / by Khalsa, Dharma Singh,author.(CARDINAL)639132;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.1. Spirtual nutrition -- 2. What signals are you sending to your body? -- 3. Phytonutrients: How vegetables and fruits act as medicine -- 4. Vegetables as medicine -- 5. Fruit as medicine -- 6. Beyond the rainbow of vegetables and fruit -- 7. From pyramids to principles -- 8. The first principles: Detoxify your body with colon therapy and fasting -- 9. The second principle: Go organic -- 10. The third principle: Limit or eliminate -- 11. The fourth principle: Eat clean protein -- 12. The fifth principle: Discover juicing and supplements -- 13. The sixth principle: Cook consciously and eat mindfully -- 14. The seventh principle: Make the transition -- 15. Basic yoga nutritional therapy recipes -- 16. Addictions -- 17. Allergies -- 18. Anti-aging -- 19. Attention at Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- 20. Brain: Age-Associated Memory Impairment (AAMI), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's Disease -- 21. Cancer prevention and treatment -- 22. Children's health -- 23. Chronic fatigue -- 24. Chronic pain: Arthritis, backache or Sciatica, Fibromyalgia, and headache -- 25. Cleansing and detoxification -- 26. Depression -- 27. Diabetes -- 28. Digestive health: Gallbladder, stomach (acid and ulcers), liver, and colon (inflammation, constipation, and hemorrhoids) -- 29. Heart disease, Hypertension, and high cholesterol -- 30. HIV and AIDS -- 31. Immune health -- 32. Kidney disease -- 33. Lung disease: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease -- 34. Men's health: Impotence and prostate problems -- 35. Skin disorders: Acne and aging -- 36. Spiritual growth -- 37. Stress and anxiety -- 38. Thyroid -- 39. Weight loss - 40. Women's health: Fibrocycstic Breast Disease, Menopause, Osteoporosis, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Uterine Fibroids -- Appendix A: The phytonutrient effects of common foods -- Appendix B: Portion sizes of foods by categories -- Appendix C: Samples of vegetarian sources of protein and other products, listed by manufacturer -- Appendix D: Equipment and utensils -- Appendix E: Resources -- Notes and references -- Acknowledgments -- Index."From Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, the bestselling author of Meditation as Medicine, comes a remarkable book that helps you achieve maximum health by eating well. Grounded in science, Food as Medicine is a pragmatic and accessible reference that sets readers on the right nutritional path. Dr. Khalsa then explains how to use natural organic juice and foods as medicine, and how food can help reverse the progress or diminish the symptoms of certain diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Hepatitis C." --Back cover.
Subjects: Longevity; Nutrition.; Health.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The ADHD and autism nutritional supplement handbook : the cutting-edge biomedical approach to treating the underlying deficiencies and symptoms of ADHD and autism / by Laake, Dana Godbout.(CARDINAL)384516; Compart, Pamela J.(CARDINAL)482117;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Autism in children; Asperger's syndrome in children; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Bugs, bowels, and behavior : the groundbreaking story of the gut-brain connection /
Includes bibliographical references.Bugs, bowels, brains, behavior, and the emergence of brain-body-planet medicine / by Martha Herbert -- The biochemical connection between the gut and the brain : how food, bugs, and the gut barrier affect health, behavior, and cognition / by Geri Brewster, RD, MPH, CDN -- Theories of gut-brain axis involvement in childhood developmental disorders / by Arthur Krigsman, MD -- Role of the GI tract in neuroepigenetic regulation during early development and its implications for autism / by Richard C. Deth, PhD, Nathaniel W. Hodgson, Stephen Walker, PhD, Arthur Krigsman, MD, and Malav S. Trivedi -- Biofilm : a cause of chronic gastrointestinal issues in ASD / by John Hicks, III, MD -- Old friends, new treatment : helminthic therapy in autism / by Judith Chinitz, MS, MS -- The not so small world of gut microbes L how they influence behavior and the brain in big ways / by James Jeffret Bradstreet, MD, MD(H), FAAFP -- Gut microbiota-brain connection / by Thomas J. Borody, MD, PhD, and Jordana Campbell, BSc -- FMT : a parent's account of a fecal microbiota transplantation done for a 15-year-old female presenting with autism, chronic constipation, and very low energy levels / by MichaelF. Wagnitz -- The role of intestinal and other microbes in autism and other diseases affecting the central nervous system / by Sydney M. Finegold, MD -- Gastrointestinal balance and neurotransmitter formation / by Amy Yasko -- Interrelationships among the gut, mitochondrial function, and neurological sequelae / by Daniel A. Rossignol, MD, FAAFP -- Milk : effects & implications for autism and other disorders / by Krystal D. Dubé and Richard C. Deth, PHD -- Is it ever too late? : using a biomedical approach and dietary intervention to treat children and adults with autism / by Palema Ferro, RN, ASN, Raman Prasad, MS, and Carol Wester, RN, MSN, PMHCNS, BC -- Diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease in the genomic era / by Stephen Walker, PhD -- Food allergy and the gut-brain axis / by Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS.
Subjects: Digestive organs; Diet in disease.; Digestive organs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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