This book contains not only the latest medical and scientific information on the physical aspects of Alzheimer's, but a "what to do if" section that offers suggestions when specific behavioral problems are encountered. For example, what can the caregiver do when the Alzheimer's patient does not wish to bathe, change clothes for a week, go to the doctors, etc.? This book relieves some of the stress of caring for a person with Alzheimer's.

THE MAYO CLINIC ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE will help all caregivers to cope with the loss of their loved ones as cognitively sound individuals. Dementia is a disease that knows no boundaries. It is blind to the categories in which we usually place our fellow human beings. It can occur at the age of 55 or 85. It can happen to Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, males and females, rich and poor. It has not spared ex-presidents. Tears are shed by husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters-in fact anyone responsible for the care of a loved one with dementia. I speak from personal experience. Dementia did not spare my mother whose 15 year journey into the opaque fog of this disease is told in my own recently published memoir. I recommend the Mayo Clinic book to anyone needing current professional information about this terrible disease.

Robert Tell, Author of "DEMENTIA DIARY, A Care Giver's Journal"

I think I now have every book written on Alzheimer's, since I had two parents with it and felt compelled by the experience of caring for them to even write my own book on the subject, but Dr. Petersen has really put together a very comprehensive guide which you should have if you suspect that your loved one may be developing it. The behaviors caused by Alzheimer's are complex to understand and manage, but this book will help you through it.

Jacqueline Marcell, Author, 'Elder Rage, or Take My Father...Please! How to Survive Caring For Aging Parents'. Also, Host of the 'Coping With Caregiving' Internet Radio Program

I've TENS of books on the subject (my mother was diagnosed) and this single book has been more helpful than the whole lot combined. I'm on the website now buying copies for all the members of my family and was surprised that no one else had reviewed this book. It has been indescribably informative, useful, comforting, and responsible for creating more peace for my family than you could imagine. Alzheimers is a horrible, heart-breaking disease; this single book has been singularly helpful to us in dealing with the challenges and choices we now face.