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The first year : age-related macular degeneration : an essential guide for the newly diagnosed / by Roberts, Daniel L.(CARDINAL)478439;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.

Subjects: Retinal degeneration.; Vision disorders in old age.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The aging eye : a Harvard Medical School book. by Gordon, Sandra.(CARDINAL)662548; Harvard Medical School.(CARDINAL)523344;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.Experts at the Harvard Medical School furnish up-to-date information on the prevention and treatment of common eye problems in older adults, discussing symptoms of potential ailments, the latest diagnostic tests, preventive strategies, and a range of surgical and non-surgical treatment options.

Subjects: Geriatric ophthalmology.; Vision disorders in old age.; Eye;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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What you must know about age-related macular degeneration : how you can prevent, stop, or reverse AMD / by Anshel, Jeffrey,author.(CARDINAL)782349; Stevens, Laura J.,1945-author.(CARDINAL)504309;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Age-related macular degeneration, AMD, is the most common cause of vision loss in people over the age of fifty. Yet for many years, the only treatment offered to most people diagnosed with AMD has been a supplement formula that can slow the progression of macular degeneration, but cannot prevent, stop, or reverse AMD and offers no help to those in the earliest stages of the disease. Now, for the first time, is a comprehensive program for the treatment of this all-too common disorder.

Subjects: Retinal degeneration.; Eye; Vision disorders in old age.; Eye;

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Vision impairment among older Americans : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, Washington, D.C., August 3, 1978. by United States.Congress.Senate.Special Committee on Aging.(CARDINAL)156661;

Subjects: Vision disorders in old age; Older people with visual disabilities; Older people;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The aging eye / by Gordon, Sandra,author.(DLC)n 2001017057(CARDINAL)662548; Harvard Medical School.(DLC)n 81139963 (CARDINAL)523344;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230) and index.

Subjects: Geriatric ophthalmology.; Vision disorders in old age.; Eye; Eye Diseases; Vision Disorders; Vision, Ocular; Eye; Aging;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Love's in sight! [manga] by Uoyama(Mangaka),author,artist.(CARDINAL)874688; Contained in:Uoyama(Mangaka).Yankīkun to hakujō gāru.English.(CARDINAL)890317; Skipper, Nova,translator.(CARDINAL)816716;

"After running into an old flame, Morio's pressed to reveal his past to the jealous Yukiko. But even the happy-go-lucky Morio has a few secrets he can't share! When Yukiko's curiosity gets the better of her, an upset Morio walks out on the conversation. Can these normally lovey-dovey dorks learn the serious art of compromise?"--Back cover.

Subjects: Graphic novels.; Manga.; Romance comics.; Young adult fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Romance comic books, strips, etc.; Teenagers; Vision disorders;

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Favorite hymns : and high contrast photographs [large print] /

A mighty fortress is our God -- All things bright and beautiful -- Amazing Grace -- Bringing in the sheaves -- Fairest Lord Jesus -- Father we thank thee for the night -- For the beauty of the earth -- God be with you -- Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God almighty -- How great thou art -- I love to tell the story -- In the garden -- Just a closer walk with thee -- Morning has broken -- O God our help in ages past -- The old rugged cross -- Peace like a river -- Praise God from whom all blessings flow -- Sabbath prayer -- Shall we gather at the river? -- Sweet by and by -- This is my Father's world -- We gather together -- What a friend.Very large print (48 pt) hard cover book with high contrast photographs and the best known verse of twenty-four familiar hymns for those with low vision, including this is My Father's World, The Old Rugged Cross, Morning has Broken and How Great Thou Art. No musical notation.Reading impaired seniors.Dementia and Alzheimer's patients

Subjects: Large print books.; Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Dementia; Hymns, English; Memory disorders;

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Balance : a dizzying journey through the science of our most delicate sense / by Svec, Carol,author.(CARDINAL)353311;

"Some low-frequency sounds--such as noise from storms or truck engines--can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might just come through the study of the Achilles tendon. A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a tiny structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes soaked in alcohol. These and other surprising and useful nuggets of information can be found in this lively, 360-degree exploration of our body's most intricate, overlooked sense--balance. Readers follow award-winning science and health writer Carol Svec through various facilities as she talks with leading scientists doing state-of-the-art balance research. Svec translates their most fascinating findings for the layperson in a way that is highly entertaining and broadly accessible. She showcases the coolest gadgets used by researchers as she grills an egg in a virtual kitchen, has her senses fooled by a mannequin named Hans in a Tumbling Room, survives "the Vominator" without losing her lunch, and experiences drunken dizziness inside a police muster room. Along the way she cites case studies of people whose lives are affected by balance dysfunction; explains how balance research is being applied today to help those who are ill, elderly, disabled, or simply prone to motion sickness; and provides a glimpse at what ingenious, potentially life-changing advances may be coming down the road. Whether you have a balance disorder or care about someone who does, are an athlete or performer whose livelihood depends on balance, or just love accessible, page-turning popular science, you'll be enlightened and entertained by this appreciation of our complex super-sense"Hurling for science: motion sickness -- Loops and rocks in your head: the vestibular system -- The eyes are the windows to the ears: vision -- Do you know where your body is?: proprioception -- Self-orientation: the gravity of up -- Life-changer: persistent postural-perceptual dizziness -- Sound: infra and otherwise -- Altered states: pharmacology -- Of helicopters, 3-D, and queasy cam: cybersickness -- Beyond gravity: virtual reality -- Think not, do: psychology in kinesiology -- Building a better gait: mechanics in kinesiology -- With luck, we all get old: fall prevention -- Balance cycles around: coming full circle.Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.

Subjects: Equilibrium (Physiology); Vestibular function tests.;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7

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The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for people with Alzheimer disease, other dementias, and memory loss in later life / by Mace, Nancy L.(CARDINAL)341698; Rabins, Peter V.(CARDINAL)341701;

1. Dementia -- What is dementia? -- The person with dementia -- Where do you go from here? -- 2. Getting medical help for the person with dementia -- The 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 -- 3. Characteristic behavioral symptoms of dementia -- The brain, behavior, and personality : why people with dementia do the things they do -- Caregiving : some general suggestions -- Memory problems -- Overreacting, or catastrophic reactions -- Combativeness -- Problems with speech and communication -- Problems the person with dementia has in making himself understood -- Problems the person with dementia has in understanding others -- Loss of coordination -- Loss of sense of time -- Symptoms that are better sometimes and worse at other times -- 4. Problems in independent living -- Mild cognitive impairment -- 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 getting confused -- What you can do -- Moving to a new residence --5. Problems arising in daily care -- Hazards to watch for -- In the house -- Outdoors -- 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 ; falling -- Becoming chairbound or bedbound -- Wheelchairs -- Changes you can make at home -- Should environments be cluttered or bare? -- 6. Medical problems -- Pain -- Falls and injuries -- Pressure sores -- Dehydration -- Pneumonia -- Constipation -- Medications -- Dental problems -- Vision problems -- Hearing problems -- Dizziness -- Visiting the doctor -- If the ill person must enter the hospital -- Seizures, fits, or convulsions -- Jerking movements (myoclonus) -- The death of the person with dementia -- The cause of death -- Dying at home -- Hospice -- Dying in the hospital or nursing home -- When should treatment end? -- What kind of care can be given at the end of life? --7. Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- The six R's of behavior management -- Concealing memory loss -- Wandering -- Reasons 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 -- Distractibility -- Clinging or persistently following you around -- Complaints and insults -- Taking things -- Forgetting telephone calls -- Demands -- Stubbornness and uncooperativeness -- When the person with dementia insults the sitter -- Using medication to manage behavior -- 8. Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- 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) -- "You are not my husband" -- "My mother is coming for me" -- Suspiciousness -- Hiding things -- Delusions and hallucinations -- Having nothing to do -- 9. Special arrangements if you become ill -- In the event of your death --10. Getting outside help -- Help from friends and neighbors -- Finding information and services -- Kinds of services -- Having someone come into your home -- Adult day care -- Short-stay residential care -- Planning in advance for home care or day care -- When the person with 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 -- 11. You and the person with dementia as parts of a family -- 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 -- 12. How caring for a person with 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 with dementia -- Physical reactions -- Fatigue -- Illness -- Sexuality -- If your spouse is impaired -- If your impaired parent lives with you -- The future -- You as a spouse alone -- When the person you have cared for dies --13. 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 -- Support groups -- Excuses -- Advocacy -- 14. For children and teenagers -- 15. Financial and legal issues -- Your Financial assessment -- Potential expenses -- Potential resources -- Where to look for the forgetful person's resources -- Legal matters -- 16. Nursing homes and other living arrangements -- Types of living arrangements -- Moving with the person with dementia -- Finding a nursing home or other residential care setting -- Paying for care -- Guidelines for selecting a nursing home or other residential care facility -- Moving to a nursing home or other 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 -- 17. Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Dementia -- Dementia associated with alcohol abuse -- Alzheimer disease -- Vascular (multi-infarct) dementia -- Lewy body dementia -- The frontotemporal dementias, including Pick disease -- Depression -- Binswanger disease -- HIV-AIDS -- Other brain disorders -- Delirium -- Senility, chronic organic brain syndrome, acute or reversible organic brain syndromes -- TIA -- Localized brain injuries -- Head injuries (head trauma) -- Anoxia or hypoxia -- Mild Cognitive impairment --18. Research in dementia -- Understanding research -- Bogus cures -- Research in vascular (multi-infarct) dementia and stroke -- Research in Alzheimer disease -- Structural changes in the brain -- Brain cells -- Neurotransmitters -- Abnormal proteins -- Nerve growth factors -- Transplants of brain tissue -- Drug studies -- Metals -- Prions -- Immunological defects -- Head trauma -- Epidemiology -- Down syndrome -- Old Age -- Heredity -- Gender -- Promising clinical and research tools -- Keeping active -- The effect of acute illness on dementia -- Research into the delivery of services -- Protective factors -- Appendix 1. Using the Internet -- Appendix 2. Organizations.

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The 36-hour day [large print] : a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease, related dementias, and memory loss / by Mace, Nancy L.,author.(CARDINAL)341698; Rabins, Peter V.,author.(CARDINAL)341701;

1. Dementia. What is dementia? -- The person who has dementia -- Where do you go from here? -- 2. Getting medical help for the person who has dementia. The evaluation of the person with a suspected dimentia -- Finding someone to do an evaluation -- The medical treatment and management of dimentia : The physician ; The nurse ; The social worker ; The geriatric care manager ; The pharmacist -- 3. 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 -- Menory problems -- Overreacting, or catastrophic reactions -- Combativeness -- Problems with speech and communication : Problems the person with dementia has in making himself understood ; Problems the person with dementia has in understanding others -- Loss of coordination -- Loss of sense of time -- Symptoms that are better sometimes and worse at other times -- 4. 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 -- 5. Problems arising in daily care. Hazards to watch for : In the house ; Outdoors ; 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; falling : Becoming chairbound or bedfast ; Wheelchairs -- Changes you can make at home : Should environments be cluttered or bare?11. You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family. 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 -- 12. 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 with dementia -- Physical reactions : Fatigue ; Illness -- Sexuality : If your spouse has dementia ; If your impaired parent lives with you -- The future : You as a spouse alone -- When the person you have cared for dies -- 13. 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 : Support groups ; Excuses -- Advocacy -- 14. For children and teenagers -- 15. Financial and legal issues : Your financial assessment : Potential expenses ; Potential resources -- Where to look for the forgetful person's resources -- Legal matters.16. Nursing homes and other living arrangements. Types of living arrangements -- Moving with the person who has dementia -- Finding a nursing home or other residential care setting : Paying for care ; Guidelines for selecting a nursing home or other residential care facility -- Moving to a nursing home or other 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 -- 17. Preventing or delaying cognitive decline. Normal changes : General mental and physical health -- Lifestyle factors : Physical exercise ; Diet -- Potential treatments and cures ; Mental exercise ; Medications and vitamins -- Limiting exposure to toxic chemicals : Aluminum -- Head injury -- 18. Brain disorders and the causes of dementia. Mild cognitive impairment -- Dementia : Alcohol abuse associated dementia ; Alzheimer disease ; Cortical basal ganglionic degeneration ; Depression ; The frontotemporal dementias ; HIV-AIDS ; Lewy body dementia ; Primary progressive aphasia ; Progressive supranuclear palsy ; Traumatic brain injury (TBI or head trauma) ; Vascular dementia ; Young or early onset dementia -- Other brain disorders : Delirium ; Korsakoff syndrome ; Stroke and other localized brain injury ; Transient ischemic attack -- 19. 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 ; Abnormal proteins ; Protein abnormalities within brain cells ; Nerve growth factors ; Transplants of brain tissue ; Drug studies ; Metals ; Prions ; Immunological defects ; Head trauma -- Epidemiology -- Down syndrome -- Old age -- Heredity -- Gender -- Neuropsychological testing -- Brain imaging -- Keeping active -- The effect of acute illness on dementia -- Research into the delivery of services -- Protective factors -- Appendixes. 1. Using the Internet ; 2. Organizations.6. Medical problems. Pain -- Falls and injuries -- Pressure sores -- Dehydration -- Pneumonia -- Constipation -- Medications -- Dental problems -- Vision problems -- Hearing problems -- Dizziness -- Visiting the doctor -- If the ill person must enter the hospital -- Seizures, fits, or convulsions -- Jerking movements (myoclonus) -- The death of the person with dementia : The cause of death ; Dying at home ; Hospice ; Dying in the hospital or nursing home ; When should treatment end? ; What kind of care can be given at the end of life? -- 7. Behavioral symptoms of dementia. The six R's of behavior management -- Concealing memory loss -- Wandering : Reasons that 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 -- Distractibility -- Clinging or persistently following you around ("shadowing") -- Complaints and insults -- Taking things -- Forgetting telephone calls -- Demands -- Stubbornness and uncooperativeness -- When the person with dementia insults the sitter -- Using medication to manage behavior -- 8. Symptoms that appear as changes in mood. 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) ; "You are not my husband" ; "My mother is coming for me" ; Suspiciousness ; Hiding things ; Delusions and hallucinations -- Having nothing to do -- 9. Special arrangements if you become ill. In the event of your death -- 10. Getting outside help. Help from friends and neighbors -- Finding information and services -- Kinds of services : Having someone come into your home ; Adult day care ; Short-stay residential care -- Planning in advance for home care or day care -- When the person with 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.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 -- Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family -- How caring for a person who has dementia affects you -- Caring for yourself -- For children and teenagers -- Financial and legal issues -- Nursing homes and other living arrangements -- Preventing or delaying cognitive decline -- Brain disorders and the causes of dementia -- Research in dementia.

Subjects: Large print books.; Alzheimer's disease; Senile dementia;

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