Living with Alzheimer's: Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness

News Of Alzheimer's Disease Is Constantly In The Headlines. Every Day We Hear Heart-wrenching Stories Of People Caring For A Loved One Who Has Become A Shell Of Their Former Self, Of Projections About Rising Incidence Rates, And Of Cures That Are Just Around The Corner. However, We Don't See Or Hear From The People Who Actually Have The Disease. Renee L. Beard Argues That The Exclusively Negative Portrayals Of Alzheimer's Are Grossly Inaccurate. To Understand What Life With Memory Loss Is Really Like, Beard Draws On Intensive Observations Of Nearly 100 Seniors Undergoing Cognitive Evaluation. Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Lost In Translation -- 1. The Meaning Of Memory Loss: Illness, Identity, And Biography -- 2. History And Technoscience: From Senility To Alzheimer’s -- 3. Constructing Facts In Clinical Practice: Interpreting, Diagnosing, And Treating Memory Loss -- 4. Being Cognitively Evaluated: Learning To Medicalize Forgetfulness -- 5. Hearing “the A Word”: The Road To Becoming An Alzheimer’s Patient -- 6. Everyday Life With Diagnosis: The New Normal -- 7. Advocating Alzheimer’s: Biomedical Structures And Social Movements -- 8. Forget Me Not: The Future Of Alzheimer’s -- Appendix A. Interview Guides -- Appendix B. Study Design And Methodology -- Appendix C. Study Sites And Procedures -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About The Author Renee L. Beard. Publie Precedemment En Version Imprimee : 2016. Titre De L'ecran-titre (visionne Le 2 Fevrier 2017). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English