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03399aam a2200445 i 4500 001 7DE0CE3873E411E192D49BB46AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120322010136 008 101116s2011 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010045133 020 $a 0801899869 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780801899867 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)682072265 040 $a NLM $e rda $c NLM $d SILO $d YDXCP $d WIQ $d CDX $d ZAD $d UKMGB $d MIX $d SLT $d IG# $d IX2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RC521 $b .M44 2011 060 10 $a WT 155 060 00 $a 2011 G-070 082 00 $a 362.196/83 $2 22 100 1 $a McFadden, Susan H., $e author. 245 1 $a Aging together : $b dementia, friendship, and flourishing communities / $c Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden. 260 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a xiv, 235 pages : $b illustrations 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Dilemmas of dementia diagnoses -- Receiving the diagnosis -- Personhood -- What is friendship? -- When our friends travel the dementia road -- Dementia fear and anxiety -- Beyond fear and anxiety -- The flourishing community -- Congregations as schools for friendship -- The things that abide -- Practicing friendship in the "thin places" -- Memory, forgetting, and the present time 520 $a "Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age -- roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population.Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorize elders based on their respective cognitive consciousness, the McFaddens contend that the only humanistic, supportive, and realistic approach is to find new ways to honor and recognize the dignity, worth, and personhood of those journeying into dementia. Doing so, they argue, counters the common view of dementia as a personal tragedy shared only by close family members and replaces it with the understanding that we are all living with dementia as the baby boomers age, early screening becomes more common, and a cure remains elusive. The McFaddens' inclusive vision calls for social institutions, especially faith communities, to search out and build supportive, ongoing friendships that offer hospitality to all persons, regardless of cognitive status. Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair"--Provided by publisher. 650 12 $a Alzheimer Disease $x therapy. 650 22 $a Aged $x psychology. 650 22 $a Alzheimer Disease $x psychology. 650 22 $a Community Networks. 650 22 $a Social Support. 650 22 $a Spirituality. 650 0 $a Dementia $x Family relationships. $x Family relationships. 650 0 $a Dementia $x Social aspects. 700 1 $a McFadden, John T., $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825091045.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20120322010428.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7DE0CE3873E411E192D49BB46AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search