The spectrum of hope : An optimistic and new approach to alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Summary: By defining Alzheimer's disease as a spectrum disorder, like autism, it affects different people in different ways, Dr. Gayatri Devi family members and others who care for them. A neurologist who has specialized in dementia and memory loss for more than two decades, Dr. Devi rewrites the story of Alzheimer's by sharing her experiences with patients who present a wide variety of symptoms. We meet Dr. Samuels, a psychiatrist with dementia who is more than competent enough to continue treating his patients, even if he sometimes sees them in his bathrobe. Amelia, a 90-year-old who can still speak four languages fluently after the onset of Alzheimer's. And Joe, a money manager so sharp and articulate that his cardiologist refuses to believe that he has the disease.

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