An Unintended Journey: A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia

Awards:   Winner of New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (Health) 2014
Author:   Janet Yagoda Shagam
Publisher:   Prometheus Books
ISBN:  

9781616147518


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   16 July 2013
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (Health) 2014

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Author:   Janet Yagoda Shagam
Publisher:   Prometheus Books
Imprint:   Prometheus Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781616147518


ISBN 10:   1616147512
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   16 July 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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"" - FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Best General Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers - FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, Health Book category ""[A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it.""-Publishers Weekly""This advice-filled book is a helpful, service-oriented addition to the growing number of books about caring for loved ones with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.""-Booklist ""Janet Yagoda Shagam is thoughtful, compassionate and clear in how she addresses what for many families is a heart-breaking topic.""-Prime Time Magazine


[A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it. <br> - Publishers Weekly


- FIRST PLACE WINNER: 2014 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Best General Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers - FINALIST: 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Health Book category [A] splendid manual... combines the practicality of a how-to guide with the heartfelt story of caring for a parent suffering from senile dementia. [Shagam] courageously transforms her painful journey into an enlightened guide and a primer on appreciating what you have while you have it. - Publishers Weekly This advice-filled book is a helpful, service-oriented addition to the growing number of books about caring for loved ones with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. -Booklist Janet Yagoda Shagam is thoughtful, compassionate and clear in how she addresses what for many families is a heart-breaking topic. -Prime Time Magazine


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Janet Yagoda Shagam (Albuquerque, NM) is a freelance medical and science writer; a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute in G ttingen, Germany; an artist and printmaker; and the coauthor (with Rebecca G. Rogers, MD, and Shelley Kleinschmidt) of Regaining Bladder Control- What Every Woman Needs to Know. She serves on the New Mexico Area Agency on Aging statewide Alzheimer's Task Force.

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