2/13/12 Source
The Global voice on Dementia: Statistics.2009. Web. http://www.alz.co.uk/research/statistics
Statistic completed in 2009 on alzheimers disease and dementia throughout the world. This is relevant because it can help me determine how much of a problem it is in the South Pacific right now.
2/10/12 Source
WebMD Medical Reference. Alzheimer's Disease: Daily Care of the Alzheimer's Patient.2005-12. http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/daily-care-alzheimers
The above website is a list of suggestions as to how one would go about caring for a loved one with alzheimers. According, at least, to people in the United States.
2/8/12 Source
http://www.pacificprime.com/countries/tonga/hospitals/
Above is a link to a site that list the different hospitals in Tonga, and on which islands they are located. It also lists the contact information for each one. I plan to contact the hospital closest to the place I will be staying, and searching our volunteering opportunites before arriving in the country.
2/6/12 Source
Judy Zarit, Steven H. Zarit, Nancy K. Orr. The hidden victims of Alzheimer's disease: families under stress. New York University. 1985. Print.
This is a book written for students who have an interest in problems with aging and dementia. It helps one first recognize the symptoms and then understand how to deal with the disease.
2/3/12 Source
Daly, Martin. 2009. Tonga: a new bibliography. University of Hawai'i Press. Print.
This bibliography is a selective guide to the most significant and accessible English-language books, papers, and articles on every aspect of the kingdom's history, culture, arts, politics, environment, and economy
2/1/12 Source
Wegowske, Gilbert, Blanchette, Patricia. Health and Heatlh Care of Elders From Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander Backgrounds. Web. http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/nativehawaiian.html .
A collection of data and information about Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders living both in the 50 U.S. states and in the various Pacific Islands.
1/30/12 Source
Murphy, H. B. M., Taumoepeau, B. M. 1980. Traditionalism and mental health in the South Pacific: a re-examination of an old hypothesis. Psychological Medicine, 1980, Vol.10(3), p.471-482.
This is an article dealing with mental health in Tonga and the South Pacific. "Today most societies are rapidly changing, but Tonga still fits that model and the evidence suggests that the psychoses are genuinely infrequent there. It is proposed that both the theory and the evidence deserve further examination."
Source Document Analysis's:
- Shultz, Susan. 2008. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal. Vol:165. Issue 7. Pgs. 787-9.
- Binstock, Robert, George, Linda. 2001. Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. San Diego: Academic Press. xxiii. pg. 513.
- Unknown. 1974. Science New; Gerontology. Article. Vol. 105. Pg. 261.
- Young, Heather. 2007. Tonga; Contemporary Pacific. Pgs. 162-276.
Massey University. Tongan Nurses Conference. 2010.“Nursing the Noble Profession: Navigating the Realities of Tongan Nurses”. PACIFIC HEALTH DIALOG APRIL 2010, VOL. 16, NO. 1. Web. http://www.pacifichealthdialog.org.fj/volume16_no1/Abstracts.pdf
The above source is a compilation of data (pretty easy read which is nice) that discusses the care of the elderly in Tonga, from a nurses standpoint. This can give me a basis for how the elderly are cared for, because I assume that that is at least the baseline for how Alzhiemers patients are cared for in the home.
2/17/12 Source
Gibbs, Anita, John Dawson, Richard Mullen. 2006. Community Treatment Orders for People with Serious Mental Illness: A New Zealand Study. The British Journal of Social Work, 2006, Vol.36(7), p.1085-1100
A study done in New Zealand about mental heath.
2/20/12 Source
R.C. Hamdy. Alzheimer's disease : a handbook for caregivers. St. Louis: Mosby, c1998, xxi, 451.
A guide to caring for Alzhiemers patients. I could possible use it to see how it compares with how tongans care for them.
Looks at the social aspects of Alzheimers disease.
2/24/12 Source
Khachaturian, Zaven, Radebaugh, Teresa. Alzheimers Disease: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care. 1996. LIbrary of Congress.
Really awesome book that discusses social and behavioral effects of Alzhiemer's disease.
2/27/12 Source
http://www.alz.co.uk/
Alzheimer's disease international. Says in 2012 approximately 16533 people in Oceania had dementia.
2/29/12 Source
Caregiver Issues. The University of Washington Alzheimer Disease Research Center. http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/UnderstandingAD/CrgvrIss.shtml
3/2/12 Source
4/5/12 Source
Cui, Jenny. 2011. Volunteer placement at Vaiola Hospital and Prince Wellington Ngu Hospital. http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/docs/jenny-cui-volunteer-placements.pdf
An article written by a hospital volunteer discussing two of Tonga's hospitals and the experiences she gained whilst there. Found on the internet and has some pretty cool pictures.
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