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101) The memory wall
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Losing himself in the fantasy world of his favorite video-game character in order to manage the stress of his mother's illness, which he is certain has been misdiagnosed, 12-year-old Nick finds himself fighting alongside another player who eerily reminds him of someone he knows in real life.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself - Maggie faces some of the world's most exotic locales while...
104) Away from her
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistors, ' first 30 days policy of a...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"More than five million people living in the United States have Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. "An Unintended Journey" is designed to address the needs and challenges faced by adult children and other family members who are scrambling to make sense of what is happening to themselves and the loved ones in their care"--
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer's disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of "other" dementias. This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer's dementias. The contributors are either specialists in their fields or have exceptional hands-on experience with FTD sufferers. Beginning with a focus on...
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