Life With Big Al Early Alzheimers A Caregivers Diary

Author : Judy Seegmiller
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359287913
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life With Big Al (Early Alzheimer's) a Caregivers Diary written by Judy Seegmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life With BIG AL is a story about how one family copes having their husband, father, and grandfather diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 52. It is a story of struggle, faith, laughter, sadness, joy, and above all, much love. Craig was a bright, energetic, very athletic individual who had always taken perfect care of his body. He ran 10-15 miles per day, ran a small retail specialty store by himself, and took care of his wife recovering from cancer and kidney failure. It was because of all the things he did that no one paid too much attention when he did something out of the ordinary; he had so much stress in his life. It wasn't until his wife, Judy, got well and studied that she knew. And, life With BIG AL began...

Author : Judy Seegmiller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781576361085
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life with Big Al written by Judy Seegmiller and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Judy Seegmiller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780759679979
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life with Big Al (Early Alzheimer's) written by Judy Seegmiller and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why settle for plain floors when you can turn them into decorative accents that add as much to the beauty of your home as the furniture or window treatments? Products such as acrylic varnishes that resist yellowing make it easier than ever to achieve great results using a variety of time-honoured techniques.

Author : Joan Sutton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491731613
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alzheimer's Diary written by Joan Sutton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One who Forgets and One who is Forgotten One in eight over the age of sixty-five and one in three over the age of eighty will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. In her memoir, author Joan Sutton narrates a moving account of her years as caregiver to her husband, noting that "Alzheimer's is a disease of the brain that is paid for with the currency of the heart." A member of the board of overseers of The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, she stresses the need to develop more effective treatment for the eight million Americans currently diagnosed with this incurable disease, pointing out that for every patient there is a large circle of others also affected. Sutton offers practical advice for the care of the caregiver and the patient, and shares the pain that came as she watched pieces of her husband's self disappear. Following his death, after what Nancy Reagan described as "the long goodbye", she writes candidly about coping with her new status as a widow and the aching loneliness of the heart that is the price paid for having known a great love. All profits from the sale of this book will benefit The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation/Canada. Cover design by John R. Lewis

Author : Winifred E. Johnson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468576399
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of an Alzheimer's Caregiver written by Winifred E. Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a first hand account of what it is like to have a loved on develop Alzheimer's. With the help from my journal I will roll back the years to when I first observed some subtle changes that would eventually change my life and my husband's. Where do you turn when youfeel your life is suddenly shut half down? Who do you turn to hen you have decisions to be made? What happens to your life as you become a caregiver. These symptoms of Alzheimer's range over six years and I believe that other spouses who are in the same position will want to know that they are not alone. Also some people may be wondering iftheir loved one is a candidate for Alzheimer's. Hopefully this will help them.

Author : Robert Tell
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411665805
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DEMENTIA DIARY: A Care Giver's Journal written by Robert Tell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HARD COVER EDITION------WHAT'S IT LIKE to be the only son of a widowed mother who is rapidly sinking into the opaque fog of dementia, and who lives alone half a continent away? ROBERT TELL tells this tale with compassion and humor. DEMENTIA DIARY reads like fiction and covers the fifteen year period from his father's shocking death in a department store to his mother's 92nd birthday. It is meant to be a portable support group. If you have watched helplessly as your parent, spouse or friend's identity disappeared into the sinkhole of Alzheimer's Disease (or another dementia), this heart-wrenching memoir will touch you deeply

Author : Rex T. Young
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984511424
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Caregiver written by Rex T. Young and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009, my wife of over fifty-eight years was diagnosed with dementia with Alzheimers symptoms. My caregiving responsibilities began before that time and continued until her death in January 2018. She was provided care in her own home. As time went by, the caregiver duties became more and more demanding. It was truly twenty-four hours each day and seven days each week. My sweetheart was referred to the hospice program as a patient beginning in 2013 with a life expectancy of six months or less. At the time of her passing, she had been a hospice patient for four years, eleven months, and five days. The Diary of a Caregiver begins with her entry into the hospice program and continues until her death. Caregiving can be very frustrating at times as one never knows what to expect or when to expect it. The Diary of a Caregiver identifies many of the problems and frustrations associated with care of a dementia patient. It also identifies different techniques and solutions to some of those problems. It should be of interest to anyone who is involved in caregiving, especially those who are just beginning.

Author : Virginia Bell
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 075730060X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dignified Life written by Virginia Bell and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines a practical approach to Alzheimer's that urges caregivers to improve the lives of both patient and care provider, offering advice on how to regard an Alzheimer's sufferer as a best friend while working from their strengths. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Author : Robert Hershberger
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1612497357
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver written by Robert Hershberger and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years. Diary of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver provides an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer’s, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation.

Author : Aaron Alterra
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720589
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Caregiver written by Aaron Alterra and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aaron and Stella Alterra had been married for more than sixty years when Aaron began to notice puzzling lapses in his wife's memory. Innocuous at first, they became more severe and more alarming. After a series of appointments and tests, the Alterras were informed that Stella was one of the more than 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease. Combining medical research on the disease and often-painful anecdotes of memory loss, deteriorating motor functions, personality shifts, support-group and daycare experiences, and drug trials, Alterra chronicles his transformation from husband to caregiver after his wife's diagnosis. More than a chronology of one family's experience of Alzheimer's disease, The Caregiver is an intelligent, beautifully reflective testimony to how family members turned caregivers become the ultimate advocates for their loved ones in the face of a disease with no cure.