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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Dementia -- Getting medical help for the person who has dementia -- Characteristic behavioral symptoms in people who have dementia -- Problems in independent living -- Problems arising in daily care -- Medical problems -- Behavioral symptoms of dementia -- Symptoms that appear as changes in mood -- Special arrangements if you become ill -- Getting outside help -- You and the person who has dementia as parts of a family -- How caring for a person who...
3) Gossamer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. Mace and Robins provide practical and specific advice to make care easier, improve quality of life, and lift the spirits of a family dealing with Alzheimer disease.
"Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease....
Author
Language
Español
Description
Written by two experts on the topic, this guide to taking care of individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and similar ailments combines practical advice with specific examples. Within the pages of the book, caregivers and family members will find information on the medical, legal, financial, and emotional aspects of caring for someone incapacitated by dementia.
Escrito por dos expertos en el tema, esta guía para cuidar a personas con enfermedad...
Author
Publisher
Anthenum
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Referring to the I-Ching and a trio of good-luck pennies whenever she is bounced to a new foster home, Marin finds herself in a place that feels like a forever home while trying to find her birth mother, before receiving unwelcome news.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet another troubled young boy into her already tumultuous life. Jordan, a quiet, reclusive elementary school classmate of Sarah's son Danny, has survived a terrible ordeal. By agreeing to become Jordan's foster mother, Sarah will be forced to question the things...
10) Small mercies
Author
Publisher
Catalyst Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When social workers begin to scrutinize Mercy's homelife in modern-day Pietermartizburg, she uses life lessons taught to her by Mr. Singh to stand up for herself and her eccentric foster aunts.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters--by far the strangest family yet--she knows it's only a temporary problem. Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work to get out of there fast. She's determined to no longer be a...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Having shared so many foster homes that they are unable to trust that the family that has adopted them will last, Flora and her brother, Julian, are assisted by their new mother on a journey to resolve their past so that they can build a future.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Overview: Almost a decade ago, Peter S. Silin wrote Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey to provide family members with practical advice and emotional support. This successor volume incorporates the new and sometimes baffling world of assisted living. Nursing Homes and Assisted Living focuses on the psychological, emotional, and practical aspects of helping family members and seniors make a difficult transition. Silin approaches his subject with compassion...
18) Welcome Comfort
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
20) Find me
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When teen hacker and foster child Wick Tate finds a dead classmate's diary on her front step, with a note reading "Find me," she sets off on a perverse game of hide-and-seek to catch the killer.
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