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Title details for Learning to Speak Alzheimer's by Joanne Koenig Coste - Available

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

by Joanne Koenig Coste
Pam Ward
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More than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and as many as twenty million have close relatives or friends with the disease. Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between care partners and patients. By meeting the patients in their own reality, rather than trying to force them to comply with a world they may no longer inhabit, we are able to respond in a way that brings satisfaction and even joy to both patients and caregivers.

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  • Release date

    July 23, 2014

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781494524036
      • File size: 187550 KB
      • Duration: 06:30:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook is surprisingly upbeat, considering that the topic--dealing with relatives with Alzheimer's--can be so depressing. Using a technique called "habilitation," which is designed to improve communication between patients and those assisting them, the author offers practical advice about how to cope as the patient's condition progressively worsens. Listeners will quickly appreciate narrator Pam Ward's delivery, which remains optimistic regardless of the topic being discussed. Ward's empathetic, loving tone is ideal and allows the listener to focus on Coste's methods, which are designed to ease the pain and feelings of helplessness that overwhelm the families and friends of those with Alzheimer's. D.J.S. 2015 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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