1st Edition

Broken Connections: Alzheimer's Disease: Part I

By Emile Franssen, Liduin Souren Copyright 1994

    A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible. Part I describes the now predictable course of the decline.

    Introduction, CHAPTER 1 DEMENTIA, CHAPTER 2 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, CHAPTER 3 CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR, CHAPTER 4 ACTIVITIES AND THE SENSORI-MOTOR SYSTEM, CHAPTER 5 PHASES IN CAREGIVING, CHAPTER 6 PARTING, Index, Bibliography

    Biography

    Emile Franssen, Liduin Souren