Preface 9
CHAPTER 1
Living life 11
A typical onset of Alzheimer 11
The other perspective 15
Helge calendar notes, 15
Expertise - to understand 15
History of Alzheimer diagnosis 16
How the diagnose is done 17
Mini Mental Test 19
Technical Terms to the chapter on Helge 20
The application - a means to help 22
Clarity 22
Alzheimer Medicine 24
To live as long as you live 25
CHAPTER 2
An insightful beginning 27
An Alzheimer illnesses early in life 27
The second perspective 29
Britt-Ingers diary notes 29
Expertise – to understand 31
The memory 32
Other functions in the brain 34
Ability to Recognize 36
The Atmosphere 37
Suspiciousness 38
Legal Guardian 40
Drivers License and Weapons 41
Technical Terms to the chapter on Britt-Inger 42
The application - a means to help 42
To lose the license, but keep your face 43
To affirm that which is possible to affirm 44
As a four-stage rocket 45
CHAPTER 3
Homesickness 47
An Alzheimer Dementia in the late stages 47
The other perspective 49
Diary entry of Hulda’s daughter, 49
Factual Knowledge – to understand 53
Behavioral Disorders 54
"You use what you have," said Cajsa Warg 55
Confusion 57
Technical Terms to the chapter on Hulda 57
The application - a means to help 57
To recognize each other 58
The Summit 59
The Summit in the shower 60
The bubble 61
Who is best to cook porridge 64
CHAPTER 4
What is Anna suffering from? 65
A blood vessel dementia 65
The other perspactive 68
Anna's diary notes 68
Expertise - to understand 70
Stroke and vascular dementia 71
Gray cells with white lines 72
A room of vacuum (neglect) 73
Dementia is often mixed 74
Risk factors for blood vessel dementia 75
Technical Terms to the chapter on Anna 75
The application - a means to help 77
To create an opportunity to give help 78
Day or night, 79
CHAPTER 5
The man with the long legs 83
A Lewy-body dementia 83
The other perspactive 85
Olofs diary notes 85
Expertise - to understand 88
Disruptions in eyesight 88
Signal substances 91
Balance in the brain 92
Two types of nervous system 93
Increased risk of falling 94
Technical terms to the chapter on Olof 95
The application - a means to help 96
To activate auto-pilot 97
Visual hallucinations but lucid 98
CHAPTER 6
The bold lady 99
A case of frontal lobe dementia 99
The other perspective 104
Ingrid's diary notes 104
Expertise – to understand 105
Frontal lobe and temple dementias 105
Frontal lobe functions 106
Getting hung up 107
Impulse controls 108
Technical terms to the chapter on Ingrid 108
The application - a means to help 109
To stay one step ahead and walk two steps behind 110
After a couple of laps in the roundabout, 112
Increasingly more primitive behavior 113
Chapter 7
In the moment of devastation 115
A dementia with persistent and severe confusion 115
The other perspective 119
Imaginary diary entries 119
Expertise - to understand 119
Awareness and working memory 119
Confusion, a painful experience 121
The brain and the rest of the body 121
The causes of confusion 122
Confusion and pharmaceuticals 123
Care Takers License 124
Technical terms to the chapter on Einar 124
The application - a means to help 125
Teamwork 126
Reaping the benefits 126
Facing violence professionally 127
"... Follow me, a friend, I hear his voice 128
Chapter 8
A tumultuous life 129
A dementia condition with psychiatric payload 129
The other perspective 132
In the darkness of the barrack during the hours of the night 132
Expertise - to understand 133
Personality 134
Abuse 136
Cardiovascular disease 136
Psychiatric diseases 137
Diabetes 138
Mental retardation 138
Shouts and screams 138
Language Disorder from brain damage 139
Technical terms to the chapter on Ragnar 140
The application - a means to help 140
Living at other peoples workplace 140
Communications 141
To keep the team 142
Sexual advances 143
The last straw which breaks the camel’s back 144
The storm lulls 144
EPILOGUE and commentary on the poem of Erik Johan Stagnelius 147
Literature - for depth 149
Index 153
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