Alzheimer's Disease Long Term Care

ntended as a practical guide for health professionals caring for Alzheimer's disease patients in institutional settings, this book emphasizes workable approaches to common problems in long-term care for demented patients. Discussions by internationally recognized experts cover clinical assessment of dementia in the nursing home, why autopsies are performed, pharmacologic issues, coping with care-giver stress, bioethical issues, and a multidisciplinary approach to providing special services for institutionalized Alzheimer's patients and their families, including services to ethnic minority elders.Jackson, J. Edward is the author of 'Alzheimer's Disease Long Term Care' with ISBN 9781879691056 and ISBN 1879691051.