Dementia and Alzheimer's

Solving the Practical and Policy Challenges

By (author) James OReilly, Rhonna Shatz

Publication date:

26 April 2019

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783089253

The ceasing of a member’s ability to reason, function and respond is a family tragedy. With major increases in dementia predicted for the coming decade, a book like Dementia and Alzheimer’s is needed more than ever to cut through clutter. It explains governmental and private entities’ benefit programs for dementia patients, and how government and insurers do and should respond, while integrating sophisticated medical tactics with vital family cooperative responses to their loved one’s mental health crisis.

1. Introduction; 2. The Family Dynamics of Dementia; 3. Tort Liability Related to Dementia; 4. Dementia and Private Insurance; 5. Medicare, Medicaid, Disability and Other Government Benefits; 6. Dementia and Residential Care Facilities; 7. Adult Protective Services in Dementia Cases; 8. Dementia and Financial Issues; 9. Dementia in Probate and Guardianship; 10. Dementia and Employment Issues; 11. Drug Research and New Product Developments for Dementia; 12. Dementia and Criminal Justice; 13 Understanding Your Expert’s Advice about Brain Deterioration; 14 Understanding the Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease; Appendix; Index.

“Dementia and Alzheimer’s is an outstanding book about the experience of dementia in the real world in terms of both care and cost. Practitioners and policy makers will benefi t from the breadth of topics covered by the authors.”
—Peter A. Lichtenberg, Director, Institute of Gerontology and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, and Professor of Psychology, Wayne State University, USA