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Understanding and Living with Dementia, for adults, from Multcolib

Being diagnosed with, or watching a loved one suffer from dementia, Alzheimer's or any cognitive decline can cause heartbreak, fear and despair. Here are some titles, nonfiction and fiction, to help understand the experience.

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20 items

  • The 36-hour Day

    the Compassionate Guide to Caring for Someone With Dementia

    Mace, Nancy L.,
    Book, 2021Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. — 616.831 M1411t 2021
  • When a Loved One Has Dementia

    a Comforting Companion for Family and Friends

    Helmink, Eveline,
    Book, 2023New York : The Experiment, 2023. — 616.831 H479w 2023
  • Taming the Chaos of Dementia

    a Caregiver's Guide to Interventions That Make a Difference

    Huelat, Barbara J.,
    Book, 2023Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] — 616.831 H8875t 2023
  • No Way Out of This

    Loving a Partner With Alzheimer's

    Lick, Sue Fagalde,
    Book, 2024Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2024. — 616.8311 L711n 2024
  • Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

    Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain

    Kiper, Dasha,
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023] — 616.831 K57t 2023
  • The Ceiling Outside

    the Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind

    Arikha, Noga,
    Book, 2022New York : Basic Books, 2022. — 128.2 A699c 2022
  • My Father's Brain

    Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

    Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — 616.8311 J412m 2023
  • Musicophilia

    Tales of Music and the Brain

    Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015,
    Book, 2008New York : Vintage Books, 2008. — 781.11 S1218m 2008
  • A Tattoo on My Brain

    a Neurologist's Personal Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease

    Gibbs, Daniel,
    Book, 2021Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. — BIO 616.8311 GIBBS 2021
  • Permanent Present Tense

    the Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H.M.

    Corkin, Suzanne,
    Book, 2013New York : Basic Books, [2013] — 616.852320092 M1111c 2013
  • In Pursuit of Memory

    the Fight Against Alzheimer's

    Jebelli, Joseph,
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, [2017] — 616.8311 J44i 2017
  • Book, 1994New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1994. — FICTION IGNATIEFF
  • Everything Left to Remember

    My Mother, Our Memories, and a Journey Through the Rocky Mountains

    Jagger, Steph,
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2022. — BIO 362.1968311 JAGGER 2022
  • The Memory of All That

    a Love Story About Alzheimer's

    MacCracken, Mary,
    Book, 2022Berkely, CA : She Writes Press, 2022. — 616.8311 M1322m 2022
  • My Two Elaines

    Learning, Coping, and Surviving as An Alzheimer's Caregiver

    Schreiber, Martin J., 1939-
    Book, 2022[Nashville, Tennessee] : Harper Horizon, [2022] — 362.19683 S3784m 2022