| Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver's Guide to Alzheimer's Contributor(s): Shanks, Lela Knox (Author), Zarit, Steven H. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 080324245X ISBN-13: 9780803242456 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks is Lela Knox Shanks's personal account of caregiving for her husband, Hughes, in their home after he was stricken with Alzheimer's disease. Shanks describes her initial denial, her discovery of coping skills, her eventual acceptance of his illness, and her ultimate recognition that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient's humanness. The book outlines twenty coping and survival strategies to guide caregivers to untapped inner resources and shows caregiving's intangible rewards of increased self-respect and self-knowledge. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Caregiving - Family & Relationships | Eldercare |
| Dewey: 618.976 |
| LCCN: 96003691 |
| Series: Agendas for Aging |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.31" W x 9.32" (1.17 lbs) 197 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks is Lela Knox Shanks's personal account of caring for her husband, Hughes, in their home after he was stricken with Alzheimer's disease. Lela describes her initial denial, her discovery of coping skills, her eventual acceptance of his illness, and her ultimate recognition that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient's humanness. The book outlines twenty coping and survival strategies to guide caregivers to untapped inner resources and shows caregiving's intangible rewards of increased self-respect and self-knowledge. |