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Index
Preface
PART ONE Home Care
Judy
The Decision
A New Beginning
Moving In
Problems at Home
Instinct
Our History
Frayed
Family Week
Though Love
False Relief
PART TWO Assisted Living
Small Indignities
A Fall
Role Reversals
Alone in a Crowd
Not Teir Job
Pressure to Move
PART THREE Rehab
Fractured
Chunks of Life
Slowing Down
Old Friends
Transitions
PART FOUR Memory Care
A Toss of the Dice
Moving Day
Settling In
Living Grief
In the Moment
Shock and Awe
Violent Behavior
An Evening to Remember
Reckoning
Sex and Dementia
Sharp and Sweet
Financial Disaster
What If’s
What Remains
Honesty
Another Search for Home
PART FIVE The Nursing Home
Four Kinds of Pain
Rebound
Small Pleasures
Amae
Is It Alzheimer’s, or Not?
Dancing Eyes
Afterword
Appendices
Appendix A : Is There a Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?
Appendix B : Medications Approved to Relieve Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Appendix C : Risk Factors and Antidotes for Dementia
Appendix D : Is It All in the Family?
Appendix E : The Role of Infection
Appendix F : Sweet Poison: The Toxic Tide of Sugar
Appendix G : The Benefits of “Memory Consultations” and Early Diagnosis
Appendix H : Planning for Long-Term Care
Appendix I : Long-Term Care in an Intentional Community
Appendix J : Confronting the Epidemic at the National Level and Beyond
Resources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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