Alzheimer disease sourcebook : provides basic consumer health information about Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia, including mild cognitive impairment, degenerative neurological disease, and vascular dementia such as Binswanger disease (subcortical vascular dementia), and multi-infarct dementia ; along with information about recent research on the diagnosis and prevention of Alzheimer disease and genetic testing, tips for maintaining cognitive functioning, strategies for long-term planning, advice for caregivers, a glossary of terms related to Alzheimer disease, and directories of resources for additional help and information / [print] Kevin Hayes, managing editor. - Eighth edition. - Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, Incorporated, (c)2022. - xvii, 606 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Health reference series . - Health reference series. .

Facts about the brain and cognitive decline -- Alzheimer disease: the most common type of dementia -- Other dementia disorders -- Recognizing, diagnosing, and treating Alzheimer disease and dementias -- Living with Alzheimer disease and dementias -- Caregiver concerns -- Additional help and information.

"Provides basic consumer health information about Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia, including mild cognitive impairment, corticobasal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington disease, Parkinson disease, and vascular dementia. Includes a glossary of related terms, and directory of resources"--






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