Nancy L. Mace, MA, is retired. She was a consultant to and member of the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association and an assistant in psychiatry and coordinator of the T. Rowe and Eleanor Price Teaching Service of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH, is professor emeritus in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author of Is It Alzheimer's? 101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Memory Loss and Dementia and The Why of Things, he was the founding director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry and the first holder of the Richman Family Professorship for Alzheimer's and Related Diseases.
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Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Dementia Chapter 2. Getting Medical Help for the Person Who Has Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment Chapter 3. Characteristic Behavioral Symptoms in People Who Have Dementia Chapter 4. Problems in Independent Living Chapter 5. Problems Arising in Daily Care Chapter 6. Medical Problems Chapter 7. Managing the Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia Chapter 8. Symptoms Associated with Mood Change and Suspiciousness Chapter 9. Special Arrangements If You Become Ill Chapter 10. Getting Outside Help Chapter 11. You, Your Family, and the Person Who Has Dementia Chapter 12. How Caring for a Person Who Has Dementia Affects You Chapter 13. Caring for Yourself Chapter 14. Financial and Legal Issues Chapter 15. Long-Term Care Arrangements Chapter 16. Preventing and Delaying Cognitive Decline Chapter 17. Brain Disorders and the Causes of Dementia Chapter 18. Research in Dementia Index