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$19.95
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#29234
(ISBN 978-1-932529-23-4)
288 pages
7 ½" x 9 ¼" papercover
©2007
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Alzheimer's from the Inside Out
By Richard Taylor, Ph.D. |
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Award
Winner
2009 John Mackey Award for Excellence in Dementia Care
2009 Carter Williams Legacy Fund
2007
Book of the Year (Consumer Health) from American
Journal of Nursing
National Mature Media Award (2007 Bronze Award
Winner)
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About the
Author
Preface: The Right Write Stuff
A Note from Linda Taylor
Picture Gallery
I. What Is
it Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease?
- Jesus,
Albert, Alzheimer's, and Richard
- There
Is No Such Thing as Alzheimer's Disease!
- What Is
It Like to Live in Purgatory?
- What Is
It Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease?
- They Are
Glad They Caught It Early. Am I?
- The End
of Act One… And Now, an Intermission of Indeterminate Length
- Cogito
Ergo Sum
- My Last
Six Words
- Back to
the Future
- FAQs and
FGAs
- Alzheimer's
Disease, Suicide, and Death
- What Is
It Like to Have Alzheimer's Disease-Three Years Later
- Four No
Trump
- "We
Have a Pill. Alzheimer's Can Be Treated!"
- Dreams,
Drugs, Alzheimer's, and Me
- I Wish
I Were a Nude Mouse
- "I
Have Been Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease"
- While
Rome Burns… A Parable
- Trying
to Figure It Out
- Checking
Back in During the Intermission: What's It Like to Have Alzheimer's?
- Volcanoes,
Fears, and Alzheimer's Disease
- Hemingway,
Alzheimer, and Taylor
- Waiting
for…
- Disabling
Enablers
- I've Done
That a Million Times Myself!
Section
II: From the Inside Out
- The Chase for Yesterday
- What's the Up Side to Having Alzheimer's Disease?
- Pride Precedes the Fall
- Safe and Sound… Unsound and Safe
- I Am a Verb
- Whatever Happened to Hope?
- Moving From Living with My Mind to Living in My Mind
- And the Name of the 3,000-Pound Elephant Is "Fear"
- It's On the Tip of My Tongue
- "I Can Read!" "I Can't."
- Singalong with Alois and Richard
- My Shirt Is Broken
- Am I Half Empty or Half Full?
- The Flesh Is Weak(er), but My Spirit Is (Still) Strong
- Will the Real Dr. Alzheimer Please Stand Up?
- "Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease!"
- Am I My Brain? Or Is My Brain Me?
- Good Habits and Mindless Patterns
- You Sure Don't Talk Like You Have Alzheimer's (The Great Pretender)
- Knock, Knock
- What Will I Do Today?
- Drifting Away From My Head and Into My Heart
- Falling
- Will the Real Richard Taylor Ever Reveal Himself to Me?
III:
From the Outside In
- Whose Fault Is It That I Don't Understand You?
- If It Talks Like an It and Gets Lost Like an It, Is It an It?
- A Stranger in a Strange Land
- Hello? I'm Still Here!
- Christina, Mrs. Hippopotamus, and Me
- Muddled Puddles
- A Distinction Without a Difference
- "Play It Again, Caregivers"
- My Champion or My Hero?
- Once Again, My Children Believe They Know More Than I Do
- Sex, Side Effects, Alzheimer's, and Intimacy
- Hanging On with My Tongue
- A Silent One-Sided Conversation with My Caregivers
- Religion, Spirituality, Alzheimer's, and Richard
- Plants as Pets
- "Give Me Your Money, Your Car, and …"
- Oh My God! Where's Richard?
- This Little Light of Mine
- Am I to Be My Spouse's Son?
- Okay? Okay! Okay.
- Is It Okay to Say You Have a "Touch" of Alzheimer's?
- Here! Take This!
- What Is It Like Not to Have Alzheimer's Disease?
- There Is Something (More) Wrong with Dad
- Time to Clean Up Your Act
- "Don't Worry About Anything…We'll Take Care of It."
- Should We Do unto Others What We Perceive They Have Already Done unto
Us?
- When Most All Has Been Said… Little Has Been Done
IV:
Dear Doctor…
- If I Were an M. Instead of a Ph. D.
- From My Heart to My M.D.'s Ears
- Do No Harm
Appendix: What You Can Do
Taking
Care of Your Favorite Organ
Best Friends
Act Up! Act Out! Act Now!
Web Resources
© 2009-2010 Health Professions Press
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