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A glass-half-full look at Alzheimeras that reveals how to connect with someone through the fog of the disease.
As many as five million Americans are living with Alzheimeras. The popular perception of the disease is that people who receive an Alzheimeras diagnosis are lost to themselves and to those who love themaand that they have no future. But as John Zeisel, an innovator in nonpharmacological approaches to treating Alzheimeras, makes clear in this book, this view is wrong. The disease often lasts ten to fifteen yearsaa time span that definitely constitutes a future. In Iam Still Here, Zeisel shows that during the course of Alzheimeras, caregivers can have a vibrant and meaningful relationship with people who have the disease.
Iam Still Here focuses on connecting with individuals with Alzheimeras through their abilities that donat diminish with time, such as understanding music, art, facial expressions, and touch. Zeisel demonstrates that people who have the disease are highly creative and emotionally intelligent. By harnessing these capacities, and by using other approaches to treatmentasuch as building memory cues into their living environment, which encourages independent movement and helps eliminate sources of frustrationaitas possible to offer them a quality life with connection to others and to the world.
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Synopsis
In this breakthrough approach to understanding Alzheimer's, "I'm Still Here" focuses on connecting with the person through his or her abilities that don't diminish with time, such as understanding music, art, facial expressions, and touch.
Synopsis
A glass-half-full look at Alzheimer's that reveals how to connect with someone through the fog of the disease As many as five million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and people often live with it for more than a decade. During that time, caregivers can have a vibrant and meaningful relationship with the person who suffers from the disease.
I'm Still Here focuses on connecting with someone with Alzheimer's through their abilities that don't diminish with time, such as understanding music, art, facial expressions, and touch. John Zeisel, an innovator in non-pharmacologic approaches to treating Alzheimer's, shows that people with the disease are highly creative and emotionally intelligent. By harnessing these capacities, and by using other strategies, it's possible to offer the person a quality life with connection to others and to the world.
Synopsis
A revolutionary new approach to Alzheimers care, focusing on a patients strengths to maintain connections with others and the world There currently is no cure for Alzheimers disease though it can be treated. For the last fifteen years, John Zeisel, Ph.D. has spearheaded a movement to treat Alzheimers non-pharmacologically by focusing on the minds strengths.
Im Still Here is a guidebook to Dr. Zeisels treatment ideas, showing the possibility and benefits of connecting with an Alzheimers patient through their abilities that dont diminish with time, such as understanding music, art, facial expressions, and touch. By harnessing these capacities, and by using other strategies, its possible to offer the person a quality life with connection to others and to the world.
In March 2013, Dr. Zeisel and his work will be the focus of the program airing on public television stations entitled Hopeful Aging,” bringing his life-changing ideas to a national audience.
About the Author
John Zeisel is the president of Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, and is the founder of the Hearthstone Way, an innovative and practical approach to the care of people living with dementia. He developed ARTZ, the Artists for Alzheimers program, which develops guided museum tours and other cultural experiences for those living with the disease. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia, and has taught at Harvard, Yale, and McGill. His work has been covered in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and O: The Oprah Magazine, and on ABC, CNN, and the BBC. Zeisel divides his time among Montreal, New York City, and Woburn, Massachusetts.