The Help and Hope Caregiving Library
A resource of hope for family members and individuals concerned about the signs and symptoms of dementia.
The Help and Hope Caregiving Library provides resources to help family members caring for aging adults learn more about various dementias, as well as access local services. Resources include:
- Books, DVDs, videos and audio tapes that may be borrowed.
- Free resources such as pamphlets and brochures.
- Information on local services that offer additional assistance.
- Guided Internet access to various topics.
- Accessibility during regular office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Advocacy for the Aging by Joan Krauskoopf
Aging in Good Health by Springer Publishing Company
Aging Under the Microscope by National Institute on Aging, NIH
Alzheimer's Disease: A Guide to Practical Management by Ralph Richter and John Blass
Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery by National Institute on Aging
Alzheimer's for Dummies by Smith, Kenan, and Kunik
And We Fly Away by Ray Ashford
Beyond 50.3: A Report to the Nation on Independent Living and Disability by AARP
Bound for Your Good Health, A Collection of Age Pages by National Institute on Aging
Brain Aging: Identifying Accelerators and Brakes, Delegate Manual by Neurobiology of Aging
Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System by Society for Neuroscience
Breaking the Rules of Aging by David Lipschitz, MD, PhD
Caring for a Person With Memory Loss and Confustion by Journey works Publishing
Caring for Alzheimer's Patients: A Guide for Family and Healthcare Providers by Miner, Winters-Miner, Blass, Richter, Valentine
Complete Medical Encyclopedia by American Medical Association
Conducting Research in Long-Term Care Settings by Brenda Cleary
Consumer-Directed Home Care in th Netherlands, England, and Germany by Wiener, Tilly, & Cuellar, Allison E.
Dementia with Lewy Bodies by Taylor and Francis Group
Eden Alternative: The Texas Prooject, Southwest Texas State University by Sandy Ransom Rn, MSHP
El Ejercicio y Su Salud by Insituto Nacional Sobre el Envejecimiento
End-of-L:ife Ethics and the Nursing Assistant by Spinger Publishing Company
Ethnogerocounseling: Counseling Ethnic Elers and Their Families by Virginia Burlingame
Exercise: A Guide from the National Ionstitute on Aging by NIA
Geriatrics at Your Fingertips by the American Geriatrics Society
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-being by Andrew Weil, MD
How to Care for Aging Parents by Virginia Morris
Innovative Interventions to Reduce Dementia Caregiver Distress by Springer Publishing Company
Insurance and Beyond: Expanding Access to Quality Health Care by the Association of Academic Health Centers
Legal Guide for Older Americans by The American Bar Association
Life Worth Living by William Thomas, MD
Living with Grief: Alzheimer's Disease by Hospice Foundation of America
Long Term Care in Developed Nations: A Brief Overview by Gibson, Gregory, and Pandya, Sheel
Merriam-Websters Medical Desk Dictionary by Merriam-Webster
New Frontiers in cognitive Aging by Dixon, Backman, and Nilsson
New Ways to Care for Older People by Springer Publishing Company
Places Rated Almanac by David Savageau
Planning for Community Oriented Health Systems by James Rohrer
Pressure Points: Alzheimer's and Anger by Ballard, Gwyther and Toal
Special Care Series, Book Three: Discovering Understanding by Doug Manning
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caregiving by Nancy Mace, MA and Peter Rabins, MD, MHH
The Art of Aging by Sherwin Nuland
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents by Linda Rhodes, Ed.D.
The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life, and Other Dangerous Fantas by Muriel Gillick, MD
The Dignity Within: A Handbook for Caregivers, Family Members. . . by Callone, Vasiloff, Kudlacek, Brumback
The Encyclopedia of Elder Care by Springer Publishing Company
The Plight of Family Caregivers by Business Publcisher's, Inc.
To Improve Heatlh and Health Care 2000 by The Robert Wook Johnson Foundation
University Linked Retirement Communities by The Hawthorn Press
Younger Next Year for Women by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, MD
Aging in America, The Years Ahead
Alzheimer's and Memory Loss
American Society on Aging 2007
American Society on aging 2007
Diabetes as a Disease
GIA Ribbon Cutting
Living Old: The Modern Realities of Agin gin America
Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century
Spirituality and End of Life Issues
The Vioxx and Celebrex Controversy
Alzheimer's: Hope for Cures and Prevention
Coping with tress as a Caregiver
Dementia and the Law
Diagnosing Memory Disorders
Does Nirtic Oxide Play a Role in Cancer?
Drug Therapies for Maintaining Memory Loss
Family Dynamics and Aging
Forward in Time: Productive Aging in America
Healthy Heart
Living with Grief: Alzheimer's Disease
Macular Degeneration
Medical Student Geriatric Scholars
Nonpharmacological Interventions
Nutritional Issues and Concerns in Aging
Our Parents, Ourselves
Partners in Health: Prescription for Communication
Practical Physical Fitness
Science of Memory
Studies in Quality Long Term Care
The Vioxx and Celebrex Controversy
Vigil: Health Management Press Release