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i n d e x abandonment, 106, 112 abstract thinking, 17 action: directing of, 18; intentional initiation of, 113, 114 activities of daily living (ADLs), 28, 113, 209n5 advance directives, 142 advocacy, 79–80, 178 age: and Alzheimer’s disease, 20–21; and dementia, 2, 30; and frontotemporal dementia, 23; and Lewy body dementia, 23; and mild cognitive impairment, 27, 28; and vascular dementia, 25 ageism, 135 age wave, 104 aging, 4; and body, 69; categories of, 4–6; cognitive, 26; continuity theory of, 66; desired course of, 14–15; and economy, 57; as failure, 192; good vs. bad, 191; healthy, 4; inevitability of, 94, 193; as journey, 3; normal, 26–27; and otherness, 6; and social burden, 104; suffering and losses of, 15; and time, 69; and transcendent meaning, 15 aging in place, 186, 212n1 alienation, 57 Almost Home (film), 45–46 altruism, ix Alzheimer, Alois, 21 Alzheimer’s Association, 2, 165 Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 1, 25, 105; biopsychosocial perspectives on, 18, 29; and brain, 49; common images of, 80–81; diagnosis of, 5, 16, 34; early-stage, 5, 144; and exclusion, 106; as expression of brain aging, 29; fear of, 95; and frontotemporal dementia, 23, 24; and genetic testing, 38, 39; and Lewy body dementia , 23; and loss of selfhood, 54; and love, 162; as medical condition, 6; and mild cognitive impairment, 27–28, 29, 166; and optimism , 156; and Parkinson’s disease, 24; prevalence of, 2–3; probable, 20, 34, 39; rate of progression of, 22; risk of, 2; and semiotic subjects, 209n6; and sensitivity to emotion, 86; stages of, 41; symptoms and course of, 20–23; as term, 30; young-onset, 2, 203n4 Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2, 165 Alzheimer’s Family Care Center (Chicago), 180 Alzheimer’s Society, 165 Amazing Place Memory Care Day Center (Houston), 140 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 195 anxiety, 26, 93–108; as anticipation of future event, 97; and cognitive evaluation, 34; confrontation of, 193; and conscious behavior , 101; and coping ability, 98, 99; about diagnosis, 39; and fundraising, 109–10; and hope, 158; and meaning, 98; and Parkinson’s disease, 24; positive function of, 99; protection from, 33; psychological perspectives on, 97–100; social sources and consequences of, 103–8; state, 100; trait, 99–100; from vulnerability, 195. See also fear anxiety disorder, 100 Aquinas, Thomas, 55 Aristotle, 62, 64, 65, 73, 74, 77, 114, 167; and characteristics of friendship, 71–72, 78–82, 84–88 assisted-living facility, 62, 130 atherosclerosis, 21–22 228 Index attachment, 47, 48; and detachment, 120; insecure, 115 attachment theory, 11, 48, 91 Augustine, 55 autonomy, 47; and being a burden, 138; desire for, 14, 120; and fear of dementia, 96, 209n9; glorification of, 131; and hospitality, 129, 130; and interdependence, 61; and normalcy, 57; and relationships, 49, 59; and selfhood, 58. See also independence awareness, 42, 51 baby-boom generation, 2, 6–7, 13, 15, 68, 94, 104 bell curve, 56–57 beta-amyloid plaque, 21 Bible, 56, 129, 140 biology, evolutionary, 61 biopsychosocial model, 18, 29 blessing, 147–48 body, 57; and aging, 69; changes in, 67; and selfhood, 58; unspoken language of, 172 bonding, 47, 48, 124, 130 brain, 11, 30; aging of, 26, 29–30, 208n5; and Alzheimer’s disease, 21–22, 49; condition of, 3; as decaying, 103; differentiation of pathologies of, 19; focus on, 18; health of, 26, 208n5; imaging of, 19, 39; and Lewy body dementia, 23; location of changes in, 18; and medical model, 164; physical changes in, 25–26; and selfhood, 20; and social isolation, 49; as social organ, 47; stories about aging of, 29; and strokes, 49; and vascular dementia, 25. See also cognition/ cognitive function Buber, Martin, 53, 60, 150, 165 Calvinism, 191 cancer, 15, 19, 128, 137 capitalist system, 8 care: culture of, 170; discovery of new strengths through, 118; growth through, 118; memory, 111, 128; person-centered, 45–46; quality of, 128; relation-centered, 46; and religious congregations, 138; spiritual, 110–11 caregiver, 4, 205n8 care partner, 140 care provider, 112 care staff, 171 Celtic mythology, 163 certified nursing assistant (CNA), 45, 85 children, 47, 48, 125, 126, 142 choice: of friendship, 83; rational, 81; shared, 72, 81–82, 87, 167 Christians/Christianity, x, 53, 56, 136, 138, 145, 152. See also religious congregations chronos time, xii, 187–89 citizenship, 178–79 Civic Ventures, 180 CNA (certified nursing assistant), 45, 85 cognition/cognitive function: aging of, 26; and Alzheimer’s disease, 22; anxiety concerning...

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