| International Standard Book Number |
9781612497358 (epub)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781612497365 (pdf)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781612497341 (paperback)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
362.196/831/0092 B 23/eng/20211202
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| Personal Name |
Hershberger, Robert, 1936- author.
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| Title Statement |
Diary of an Alzheimer's caregiver / Robert Hershberger.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2022.
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| Physical Description |
x, 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Summary, Etc. |
"One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer's Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer's, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Hershberger, Robert Diaries.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Hershberger, Robert Mental health.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Caregivers Diaries.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Alzheimer's disease Patients Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Alzheimer's disease Patients Care Diaries.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
Online version: Hershberger, Robert, 1936- Diary of an Alzheimer's caregiver West Lafayette : Purdue University Press, 2022 9781612497358 (DLC) 2021058545
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| Location |
362.196 HER 31662001710300
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