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- The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
In a national survey, 19 million Americans said they have a family member with Alzheimer's, and 37 million said they knew someone who had it. But when Rosette Teitel found herself in the role of caregiver to her ailing husband, she could find no books that answered her practical needs: How do you give a 170-pound man a shower? How do you pick him up when he falls? What support networks are available? When is it time to consider a nursing home and how do you find one?While many books about Alzheimer's disease focus on the illness and the patient, Teitel draws on her own experience to tackle subjects rarely dealt with in other self-help books. She covers topics such as managing the expenses of long-term care through Medicaid, estate planning, and preparing for the patient's death and the loss of someone whose daily survival has been at the center of one's existence. The chapters contain information on diagnosis, treatment, and the progression of the disease; the physical and emotional changes involved with the day-to-day caregiving; support networks; nursing homes; finances; death of the patient; mourning, and life after the patient's death; and interviews with caring children of parents with Alzheimer's disease. In addition, Teitel provides a helpful list of frequently asked questions, scheduling and memory aids, and websites where readers can find resources.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- 1. The Last Victims
- pp. 1-16
- 2. A Lifetime Burden
- pp. 17-23
- 3. A Virus with a Long History
- pp. 24-29
- 4. The People versus Polio
- pp. 30-39
- 5. Freed from the Iron Lung
- pp. 40-43
- 7. Behind the Scenes
- pp. 55-64
- 9. The Race for an Oral Vaccine
- pp. 78-88
- 11. Polio: Programmed for Defeat
- pp. 101-122
- 12. The End Game
- pp. 123-131
- 13. The Challenge of Eradication
- pp. 132-147
- References
- pp. 153-156
- About the Authors
- p. 163
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813537863
Related ISBN(s)
9780813536767
MARC Record
OCLC
68624603
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No