Dementia, Aging, and Intellectual Disabilities: A Handbook, Janicki, Dal PB..

Dementia and Aging Adults with Intellectual DisabilitiesA Handbook\nAuthor(s): Matthew P. Janicki, Arthur J. Dalton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United States\nImprint: Brunner-Mazel Inc\nISBN-13: 9780876309162, 978-0876309162\nSynopsis\nThis definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices are detailed in a practical manner making this a useful tool to both students and trained professionals. After an introduction to the subject, the book begins with persoanl accounts of three affected individuals whose signs of dementia are described from clinical, family member, and care-provider perspectives, respectively. The biology and physiology of dementia, as well as the neurological and medical complications associated with it, are then provided in Parts Two, three, .