Close to Me, But Far Away: Living with Alzheimer'sUniversity of Missouri Press, 2001 - 160 páginas Publisher Fact Sheet Wheeler provides insight into what a caregiver's day is like, as he shares his most intimate thoughts with us. The book provides a window into the author's personal life as he seeks to confront his own ineptitude & the occasional despair he feels as he deals daily with Alzheimer's. |
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Contenido
Sección 14 | 90 |
Sección 15 | 99 |
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Sección 17 | 108 |
Sección 18 | 114 |
Sección 19 | 119 |
Sección 20 | 126 |
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Sección 9 | 58 |
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Close to Me, But Far Away: Living with Alzheimer's Burton M. Wheeler Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
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Alzheimer-type dementia Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer’s disease anger asked aware backgammon ball bath bathroom became become bedroom beef stroganoff began Billy Budd body bowel movement bread can’t cards caregiver cereal cigarette coffee confront course daugh Dem bones diagnosis didn’t dining early eyes fear feel flanking maneuver friends give glass golf golfer hand hope I’ve ibuprofen illness irritability Kee’s knew less lives look Lou Gehrig lunch meals memory ment mind minutes morning mortician mother moved never night once pain patient Perhaps physical play pleasure Quilp remember response seemed sense sharing silence sleep slides slip slip-on smile sometimes talk television tell things thought tion trip turn understand usually victims walk wash watch wheelchair woman words
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Página 18 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Página 19 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Página 18 - ... the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble and the strong men shall bow themselves; when the grinders cease because they are few and those that look out of the windows be darkened; when the doors are shut in the streets, and the sound of the grinding is low; when men rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music are brought low...
Página 18 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders shall cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Página 114 - We shall not cease from exploration And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
Página 41 - Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
Página 13 - Keep putting one foot in front of the other, again and again and again. Unfortunately, that act is more difficult than it sounds. There are moments when "Why?
Página 3 - Later it occurred to me that Alzheimer-type dementia does its insidious work as quietly and destructively as termites. It eats away at the core, leaving the surface seemingly intact. Before the damage is recognized, it is irreversible.
Página 35 - At the time, I thought I was doing all I could to...
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Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach Eileen Berlin Ray Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |