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Article: A Personal Guide for Living With Progressive Memory Loss
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- Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
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- April 1, 2008
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A Personal Guide for Living With Progressive Memory Loss By Sandy Burgener and Prudence Twigg. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (www.jkp.com), 2007, 160 pp., $21.95 (softcover) .
Many clinicians and researchers are at a loss when asked by their patients, study participants, and family caregivers to recommend a practical and compassionate guide to living fully in the world following a diagnosis of progressive memory loss. As high-quality assessment and diagnosis of early progressive memory loss becomes more accessible, and as the demographic imperative of dementia becomes more pressing, sufferers are seeking accurate and timely self-help resources. The utility of this new book for these ...