ABSTRACT

A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible.

chapter |3 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|7 pages

THE FIRST SYMPTOMS

chapter 2|44 pages

STAGE I: SUPERVISION AND STIMULATION

chapter 3|50 pages

STAGE II: INTERVENTION

chapter 4|66 pages

STAGE III: PARTIAL TAKE-OVER

chapter 5|56 pages

STAGE IV: TOTAL TAKE-OVER

chapter 6|46 pages

THE LIMIT TEST