Alzheimer's Care with Dignity »

Preface     9
Acknowledgments     11
Not in a Sliver Casket with Pearls     12
Prologue     13
Secrets of Survival     15
Our Seventeen Years     27
Financial Concerns     40
Legal Concerns     48
Dental     51
Medical     55
Prescription Drugs     63
Products that Work     69
When Others Provide Care     88
Other Resources     108
Day by Day Living
Bathing     116
Dressing/Undressing     121
Eating     126
Continence and Incontinence     134
Moving from Place to Place     137
Other Tips     149
Good Examples of Bad Advice     176
Epilogue     180
Music Videos     181
Activities of Daily Living     182
Food recipes     183
Mental status tests     184
Samples of NIH studies     185
Emergency Medical Data     187
Helpful care hints     188
Live-in agreement (sample)     190
Clothing Inventory     191
Percent of respite cost     192
Vocabulary     193
Maintaining skills     194
Bibliography     195
Index     201