U.S. Experts Keynote First Arab Conference on Alzheimer's
Letter From Beirut
David Troxel and Virginia Bell, coauthors of The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care (Baltimore: Health Professions Press, 1997) and subsequent books based on their best-friends approach, traveled last spring to Beirut, Lebanon, where they delivered the keynote address at the first Arab Conference on Alzheimer's disease. In the following letter, Troxel, a writer and long-term care consultant based in Sacramento, shares their experience with readers of Aging Today. The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care will soon be published in Arabic.
It was not your typical conference on aging. Imagine attending a professional meeting where the first day …
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Article title: U.S. Experts Keynote First Arab Conference on Alzheimer's.
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Aging Today.
Volume: 26.
Issue: 5
Publication date: September/October 2005.
Page number: 6.
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