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Introduction.; 1. What Progressive Memory Loss Means to You: Claiming the Diagnosis.; 2. Maintaining Personhood.; 3. Maintaining Important Roles in Your Life.; 4. Understanding the Stigma of Progressive Memory Loss: Managing Your Responses to the Behaviors of Others.; 5. Communicating with Others.; 6. Staying Active and Functional.; 7. Staying Physically Healthy: Managing Physical Illnesses, Medications, and Self-Care Needs.; 8. Staying Mentally Healthy: Managing Memory Loss and Impaired Thinking.; 9. Finding Hope. References. Subject index. Author index.