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The first survivors of Alzheimer's : how patients recovered life and hope in their own words  Cover Image Book Book

The first survivors of Alzheimer's : how patients recovered life and hope in their own words

Bredesen, Dale E. (author.).

Summary: "First person stories of patients who recovered from Alzheimer's Disease--and how they did it"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780593192429
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
    regular print
  • Publisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2021]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Lost in translation -- Part one. It tolls for thee no more: The first survivors tell their own stories -- Kristin's story: Zero is far from nothing -- Deborah's story: My father's daughter -- Edward's story: Outdistancing Alzheimer's -- Macy's story: Disaster relief -- Sally's story: A failed trial -- Frank's story: Señor moments -- Julie's story: Good luck with that -- Part two. Toward a world of survivors -- Questions and pushback: Resistance training -- Misconceptions and misperceptions: Digging in our heals -- Quantified self and the reversal of cognitive decline -- Adaptation, application: Might other diseases respond? -- Gums, germs, and steal: A pandemic twofer -- Enhancing 'Normal' cognition: Be all you can be -- The revolution will not be televised (or reimbursed)
Subject: Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Personal narratives
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
Genre: Personal narratives.

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  • 10 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Gibsons Public Library.

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