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Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver´s Guide to Alzheimer´s
Lela Knox Shanks
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Description for Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver´s Guide to Alzheimer´s
Paperback. Practical guide to care giving as well as a love song to the author's husband, a victim of Alzheimer's. Num Pages: 195 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks is Lela Knox Shanks’s personal account of caring for her husband, Hughes, in their home after he was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. Lela describes her initial denial, her discovery of coping skills, her eventual acceptance of his illness, and her ultimate recognition that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient’s humanness. The book outlines twenty coping and survival strategies to guide caregivers to untapped inner resources and shows caregiving’s intangible rewards of increased self-respect and self-knowledge.
Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks is Lela Knox Shanks’s personal account of caring for her husband, Hughes, in their home after he was stricken with Alzheimer’s disease. Lela describes her initial denial, her discovery of coping skills, her eventual acceptance of his illness, and her ultimate recognition that the key to successful caregiving lies in never losing sight of the patient’s humanness. The book outlines twenty coping and survival strategies to guide caregivers to untapped inner resources and shows caregiving’s intangible rewards of increased self-respect and self-knowledge.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803293281
SKU
V9780803293281
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About Lela Knox Shanks
Lela Knox Shanks (1927–2011) was an independent scholar and lecturer living in Lincoln, Nebraska. She and Hughes were married for fifty years and have four children. Hughes Hannibal Shanks worked for the federal government for thirty years and was the first African American hired by the Denver Social Security Administration office in the 1950s. This edition includes an epilogue by Lela. ... Read more
Reviews for Your Name Is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver´s Guide to Alzheimer´s
“Shanks tells exactly what it is like to live with Alzheimer’s, and how to have a life in the process.”—Publishers Weekly “This beautifully crafted book depicts the joys and sorrows of caring for a relative diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Essential for all caregivers looking for a creative approach to helping Alzheimer’s patients live their lives fully.”—Library Journal “It is an immensely ... Read more