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1.		The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life, 4th Edition from The Johns Hopkins University Press Price: $10.48 Customer Review: This book is invaluable for those dealing with loved ones with Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease. Well-defined chapters and table of contents allow the reader to find exactly what he/she needs. The advice is straight-forward and practical.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life (3rd Edition) from Wellness Central Price: $5.26 Customer Review: we received the books in good condition and very quickly. They are very helpful	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier from Demos Medical Publishing Price: $10.19 Customer Review: I bought this for my mother due to her husband having the beginning stages of dementia and alzheimers. I read it quickly before passing it on, however she has told me that it has helped her immensely.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please! How To Survive Caring For Aging Parents from Jacqueline Marcell / Impressive Press Customer Review: Jacqueline Marcell was among the first caregivers to bring the topic of anger and agitation in people with dementia out of the closet and describe ways to deal with it constructively. As a facilitator for caregiver support groups, I've witnessed elderly caregivers whisper about the verbal and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		The CR Way: Using the Secrets of Calorie Restriction for a Longer, Healthier Life from Harper Paperbacks Price: $5.00 Customer Review: While this book is recommended with The Anti-Aging Diet and The Longevity Diet, it is not a book for beginners. The authors are long-time practitioners of the lifestyle, and recommend fasting for 17 hours each day and eating 800 cal for breakfast and 600 cal for lunch. I would recommend the... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Keeping Busy: A Handbook of Activities for Persons with Dementia from The Johns Hopkins University Press Price: $11.80 Customer Review: I work in an assisted living residence for people with dementia and our goal is to engage our residents all day in meaningful activities. It is very challenging and has great rewards. This book's title, Keeping Busy, almost made me pass it by because we are focused on more than just keeping our... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Alzheimer's from the Inside Out from Health Professions Press Price: $12.00 Customer Review: This is an excellent book to help those of us who have a loved one with Alzheimers better understand the thoughts, feelings, concerns and fears of a person dealing with the disease. We need to have so much compassion for the victims of this disease. Wonderful book!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Coach Broyles' Playbook for Alzheimer's Caregivers: A Practical Tips Guide from University of Arkansas Price: $11.00 Customer Review: This was a gift for the husband of an Alzheimer's patient and was given to him unopened.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Losing My Mind : An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's from Free Press Price: $2.58 Customer Review: The book is in excellent condition. It shipped right away & I was notified. I received it in short order. The picture was helpful as well as being able to read parts inside the book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's: One Daughter's Hopeful Story from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $11.88 Customer Review: As a caregiver it helps to read how others cope with the problems and frustrations which occur daily. Reading about how another can find humor in a siuation helps me.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

11.		The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18 Interviews with Scientists, Practical Advice, and Product Reviews from SharpBrains, Inc Customer Review: This is the most comprehensive book I have seen on the emerging field of brain fitness. It explains how the brain works, what brain fitness is, who can benefit from brain fitness and evaluates some very specific programs that people can use to "exercise" their brains. Given our increasing lifespans,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

12.		What If It's Not Alzheimer's?: A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia (Updated & Revised) from Prometheus Books Price: $12.46 Customer Review: as a retired profession geriatric social worker, and now, the spouse of a patient with frontal-temporal lobe dementia, i found this specific book very helpful in understanding the different aspects of both alzhemiers and FTD. i found very little information dealing with just FTD. this was very... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

13.		The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis from St. Martin's Griffin Price: $3.11 Customer Review: First a complaint: the book is repetitious. The first fifty pages, in particular, could have been cut by half, as the authors' central message is repeated, and repeated again. Nonetheless, that message is vivid and germane for anyone looking after someone whose brain is under attack--or... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

14.		Language Disorders Across the Lifespan from Delmar Cengage Learning Price: $77.28 Customer Review: This book gives excellent suggestions on what can be done in different situations that a speech pathologist may run into. It also briefs the reader on many of the tests used in clinics today and compares them to each other. It tackles cultural and testing issues. Many disorders are defined in the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

15.		Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program That Improves Your Mind and Memory from Little, Brown and Company Price: $8.58 Customer Review: Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory I purchased this title after perusing another book by the author and noting his expertise gained through his medical practice combined with his sincere commitment to integrative medicine, treating mind, body and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

16.		The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques for Communicating with People with 'Alzheimer's-Type Dementia' from Health Professions Press Price: $19.75 Customer Review: My husband's psychologist referred me to this book, The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques for Communicating with People With Alzheimer's Type Dementia (which my husband has). I cannot say enough good about this book! It is a great source of comfort and I was able to use the "redirecting"... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

17.		Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia from Union Square Press Price: $3.97 Customer Review: Excellent story of health decline from a physician who became "the patient". Very informative of the disease process and how it impacts the patient.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

18.		Memory, Mind & Emotions: Foolproof Solutions to Boost Your Brainpower in as Little as 10 Minutes from Rodale Press Price: $4.70	Click here for more information

19.		Preventing Alzheimer's from Putnam Adult Price: $5.64 Customer Review: I have not read the whole book but what I have read seems very informative and detailed. I am glad that I bought it.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

20.		The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic from Anchor Price: $2.01 Customer Review: The author does an extraordinary job painting the complex details about Alzheimer's into a portrait that can be easily accessible to the general audience. I've learned many fascinating things through this book. After finishing this book, I have migrated from believing that Alzheimer's is a horrible,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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