Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's (Agendas for Aging)

by Lela Knox Shanks (Author), Lela Knox Shanks (Author), Steven H. Zarit (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $41.73

  Presents the author's personal account of caregiving for her husband, Hughes, in their home after he was stricken with Alzheimer's disease. This work describes her initial denial, her discovery of coping skills, and her ultimate recognition that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient's humanness.