Kindle Price: $14.55

Save $12.40 (46%)

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

eBook features:
  • Highlight, take notes, and search in the book
  • In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition
Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Sandy Burgener
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss 1st American Paperback Ed Edition, Kindle Edition

by Prudence Twigg (Author), Sandy Burgener (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
See all formats and editions

Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person's life. The challenge of communicating thoughts and feelings can be made even harder by other people's negative perceptions of dementia.

This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss, and includes examples of real people who have faced similar challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise, and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family. The authors suggest ways of maintaining physical and mental health by staying active and engaged in society. They also offer techniques for improving communication, preserving self-esteem and overcoming the stigma associated with memory loss.

A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss offers inspiration and advice for anyone in the early stages of dementia. It also provides useful insight for family and friends who wish to offer support for a loved one affected by progressive memory loss.

Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. ISBN-13
    978-1843108634
  2. Edition
    1st American Paperback Ed
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  5. Publication date
    October 15, 2007
  6. Language
    English
  7. File size
    3322 KB
  8. See all details
Next page
Add a debit or credit card to save time when you check out
Convenient and secure with 2 clicks. Add your card

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book presents us all with a challenge to see that we have a real part to play in helping dementia suffers maximize the quality of their lives. They emphasise this in commending hope. "Hope lets you continue to celebrate who you are as a person. Hope is worth striving for and keeping in your life". Amen to that, I warmly commend this book which can enlarge our understanding and encourage us in our care of all who suffer from Progressive Memory Loss. -- Plus Magazine (Christian Council on Ageing)

Expert gerontological nurses Burgener and Twigg have collaborated to produce a uniquely-focused, incredibly informative and thoughtful book to assist persons primarily in the early stages of dementia better adjust to and manage their disease. Although the contents are clinically and empirically based, the book is highly readable and practical, and provides broad-based treatment options and hope to newly diagnosed persons with dementia and those who love and care for them. -- Kathleen C. Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sally Mathis Hartwig Professor of Gerontological Nursing and Research Director of The University of Iowa John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss serves as a commitment to inclusive education and is a landmark self-help book that focuses on the needs of the person with the diagnosis. It expands what is currently offered to people with memory loss in a sensitive and contemporary way. A must have for every memory clinic and health and human service agency. -- Linda L. Buettner, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Alzheimer's Association Early Stage Task Force

The information is concise and easy to read with the use of individual experiences from support groups to help others in similar situations. It enables people to understand the process of loss that occurs and how an individual can remain in control of their lives, with support, for as long as possible. Not only does this help sufferers, but also those who care for them, to understand the experience from the perspective of the person with the diagnosis. Maintaining the individual's personhood requires not stepping in early to take away roles too quickly. By reading this book, you are able to get a sense of a positive outlook on what could be such a negative experience; it is quite uplifting. It is not end but just the beginning of a new and very different chapter in the lives of that person, their family and friends. -- Signpost

The book speaks to people diagnosed with diseases that cause progressive memory loss, a resource guide to help them to manage the disease and consider different treatments... The core of this manual are the four chapters on staying active and functional, staying physically healthy, staying mentally healthy and, most importantly, finding hope. The chapters include constructive discussions about medication and non-medical treatment and meeting self-care needs. The emphasis is on normal living. Utilising social support and emphasizing the health benefits of non-medication treatments. Checklists, non-sentimental illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography complement this excellent text. Strongly recommended. -- London Centre for Dementia Care

This book empowers people living with dementia, signposting hope, choice and a life to be lived. I wholeheartedly recommend it. -- John Keady PhD RMN, Professor of Older People's Mental Health Nursing The University of Manchester/Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust and Co-Editor of Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice

This book is rare, if not unique, in that its stated audience is people diagnosed with diseases that caure progressive memory loss and difficulty with thinking.

In the developing culture of wellbeing and recovery for older with mental health needs this text clearly gives examples of how people with progressive memory loss can take control (with or without the assistance of those around them) to shape their own lives. For this alone I would recommend this book.

-- Older People and Occupational Therapy

This book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss and includes examples of real people who have faced such challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family. The authors suggest ways of maintaining physical and mental health by staying active and engaged in society. They also offer techniques for improving, communication, preserving self-esteem and overcoming the stigma associated with memory loss. -- Human Givens

About the Author

Sandy Burgener, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at University of Illinois College of Nursing and a certified Gerontological Nurse Practitioner with a clinical and research focus on increasing quality of life for persons with progressive memory loss or dementia. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America

Prudence Twigg, Ph.D., is a Visiting Lecturer at Indiana University School of Nursing.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0032UXHEQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 1st American Paperback Ed edition (October 15, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 15, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3322 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Sandy Burgener

Sandy Burgener

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
6 global ratings

Top review from the United States

MtnGal
5.0 out of 5 stars Written for people with progressive memory loss and their families
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2013
Verified Purchase
I read the book before giving it to my parents. Very timely as mom & I discussed her communication issues the same day I gave them the book.
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

RN
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the sufferer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2013
Verified Purchase
I bought this for my Mother who is in the early stages of Alzheimers and Dementia. I wanted a book to help her understand the symptoms rather than get a book for the carer.

She couldn't give it higher praise, and said it really helped her understand what is happening to her and what is likely to happen in the future.

I'm now going to take it back off of her, read it myself, and then return it as she says she'd like to read it again before passing it on to my Sister.

I can't give a personal account of the book, but on behalf of Mum, thank you very much Sandy!
One person found this helpful
 Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report