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Living with Alzheimer's: Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness
Renée L. Beard
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Description for Living with Alzheimer's: Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
News of Alzheimer's disease is constantly in the headlines. Every day we hear heart-wrenching stories of people caring for a loved one who has become a shell of their former self, of projections about rising incidence rates, and of cures that are just around the corner. However, we don't see or hear from the people who actually have the disease. In Living with Alzheimer's, Renee L. Beard argues that the exclusively negative portrayals of Alzheimer's are grossly inaccurate. To understand what life with memory loss is really like, Beard draws on intensive observations of nearly 100 seniors undergoing cognitive evaluation, ... Read more
News of Alzheimer's disease is constantly in the headlines. Every day we hear heart-wrenching stories of people caring for a loved one who has become a shell of their former self, of projections about rising incidence rates, and of cures that are just around the corner. However, we don't see or hear from the people who actually have the disease. In Living with Alzheimer's, Renee L. Beard argues that the exclusively negative portrayals of Alzheimer's are grossly inaccurate. To understand what life with memory loss is really like, Beard draws on intensive observations of nearly 100 seniors undergoing cognitive evaluation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479889808
SKU
V9781479889808
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About Renée L. Beard
Renee L. Beard is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of the Holy Cross.
Reviews for Living with Alzheimer's: Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness
An intriguing examination of an important health issue...[I]nformed general readers will find it useful. -Library Journal In this thorough and critical book, Renee Beard explores the medicalization, culture and experience of Alzheimer's Disease in a breadth rarely encountered in sociological analyses of illness. This work should become a benchmark in the social studies of Alzheimer's for a long time. ... Read more