With over 4 million copies sold, the best-selling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now redesigned, revised, and updated!
For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the book's authoritative and compassionate approach to care features discussions of the causes of dementia and the management of its symptoms from the early stages to late-stage disease.
This edition highlights the significant advances in diagnostic testing, treatment, and research that have occurred in recent years. Offering useful takeaway messages and informed by the latest practices in dementia care, this new edition has been thoroughly updated. It features
updated information on prevention, new diagnostic methods and criteria, and advances in medication therapy;
essential insights on everything from home care aides to useful apps to promising preventive techniques and therapies; and
practical advice for avoiding caregiver burnout-plus tips for when and how to get additional help.
Like earlier editions, the eighth edition focuses on improving the lives of those with dementia and memory loss as well as those who love and care for them. The definitive guide to dementia care, The 36-Hour Day offers readers compassionate guidance and a ready resource for every step of the journey.
| ISBN: | 9781421452456 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2025 |
| Author: | Nancy L Mace, Peter V Rabins |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 472 pages |
| Series: | A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book |
| Genres: |
Coping with / advice about Alzheimer’s and dementia Geriatric medicine Nursing and ancillary services |
With over 4 million copies sold, the best-selling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now redesigned, revised, and updated!For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work on the care of people with dementia and their family members. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias, the book's authoritative and compassionate approach to care features discussions of the causes of dementia and the management of its symptoms from the early stages to late-stage disease.This edition highlights the significant advances in diagnostic testing, treatment, and research that have occurred in recent years.
The 36-Hour Day features in the following genres: Coping with / advice about Alzheimer’s and dementia, Geriatric medicine, Nursing and ancillary services
, Hardback, Paperback. Not Available.
The 36-Hour Day was written by Nancy L Mace, Peter V Rabins and published by Johns Hopkins University Press
The 36-Hour Day has 472 pages
Yes it is part of A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book series