Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People
How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease
$64.31
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2022
Summary
For caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer’s.
How do we approach a “deeply forgetful” loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the world encouraging caregivers to become more aware of—and find renewed hope in—surprising expressions of selfhood despite the chal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421442501 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421442507 |
| Author: | Stephen G. Post, Jade C. Angelica |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Essential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers for deeply forgetful people.”
Essential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers for deeply forgetful people.
—Library Journal
Stephen G. Post
Stephen G. Post is the director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. He is the author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying.
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