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Alzheimer's from the Inside Out |  | Author: Richard Taylor
Publisher: Health Professions Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 12816
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1932529233
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1968310092
EAN: 9781932529234
ASIN: 1932529233
Publication Date: December 31, 2006
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Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimers disease profoundly alters lives and creates endless uncertainty about the future. How does a person cope with such a life-changing discovery? What are the hopes and fears of someone living with this disease? How does he want to be treated? How does he feel as the disease alters his brain, his relationships, and ultimately himself? Richard Taylor provides illuminating responses to these and many other questions in this collection of provocative essays. Diagnosed with Alzheimers disease at age 61, the former psychologist courageously shares an account of his slow transformation and deterioration and the growing division between his world and the world of others. With poignant clarity, candor, and even occasional humor, more than 80 brief essays address difficult issues faced by those with Alzheimers disease, including
the loss of independence and personhood
unwanted personality shifts
communication difficulties
changes in relationships with loved ones and friends
the declining ability to perform familiar tasks This rare, insightful exploration into the world of individuals with Alzheimers disease is a captivating read for anyone affected personally or professionally by the devastating disease. Individuals with early-stage Alzheimers disease will take comfort in the voice of a fellow traveler experiencing similar challenges, frustrations, and triumphs. Family and professional caregivers will be enlightened by Taylors revealing words, gaining a better understanding of an unfathomable world and how best to care for someone living in it.
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Excellent Book October 16, 2009
Deborah G. Fletcher (Plano, Tx.)
This is a great read if you want to know what Alzheimers is like from someone who has it. It is very well written by a teacher with a formerly very high IQ who was diagnosed at age 58 and forced to retire. It is short essays about his experiences up to about age 63. It is easy to read from front to back. I didn't get bogged down with sadness. After I read it I loaned it to my mother, she liked it to. My Dad has Alzheimers.
Alzheimer's from the patient's perspective October 11, 2009
Emery Szlezak (Orlando, FL)
Richard comments on his dementia in the early stages. In the later stages, he can only see HIS needs.
Yesterday I hear Mr. Taylor speak March 3, 2009
M. Karelitz (Atlanta, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yesterday I hear Mr. Taylor speak to a room of spellbound seniors in a bridge (between independent and assisted) home in Atlanta. One of these seniors is my 89 year old mother, who has been diagnosed with cardio-vascular dementia. Mr. Taylor showed me, like no book or outside expert could, what a person with dementia feels and thinks inside. As he warned the caregivers not to treat their family as children, not to snatch chores and precious belongings away, not to order them about, not to show their frustration, and so many other feelings I know I have been guilty of, I knew I had been invited into a world I needed desperately to FEEL, not just learn about, but FEEL. The room full of nodding heads and murmured agreements convinced me of the harm we who try so hard to help can do to the ones we love in our rushed quest for expediency.
Good reading for everyone February 25, 2009
S. K. Artman (Pennsylvania, USA)
Any caregiver of a person with dementia should read Alzheimer's From the Inside Out. It is actually good reading for anyone. As one would suspect, Dr. Taylor gives you tremendous insight into the thoughts and feelings of someone with Alzheimer's disease. The writings reinforce the fact that there IS someone inside a person with dementia, a human being first and foremost, that deserves to be treated respectfully and is worth the trouble of doing what it takes to communicate with effectively.
Personal experiences with Alzheimer's August 21, 2008
Hal E. Gieseking (Williamsburg Virginia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this book profoundly moving since my wife is caring for an individual with advanced Alzheimer's. The statistics are frightening. Metlife Foundation surveys have found that adults 55 and older fear Alzheimer's more than cancer. 4.5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's. Some of the symptoms we have observed personally include wandering, inability to perform even basic human tasks (such as unlocking a public toilet door from the inside), striking out at people, grabbing small children, wandering,using foul language and losing an understanding of colors. I have recently read Hermine Hilton's new book, Fuhggeddaboutit! The book that will help you stop worrying about your memory (and Alzheimer's). I benefited from her hundred tips on improving your memory. The book is brand new and should be listed on amazon.com soon. Right now I found it at www.lulu.com/tontent/237234. One other important thing I have learned. Never discuss something an Alzheimer's victim has done wrong or try to contrict him or her. Often their brain is operating and hearing even though they can't responsd and you run the risk of making them needlessly upset.
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