The Alzheimers Diary

Author : Joan Sutton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 149173163X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( 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 2014-05-05 with total page 140 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 Alzheimers Disease. In her memoir, author Joan Sutton narrates a moving account of her years as caregiver to her husband, noting that Alzheimers 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 Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation, she stresses the need to develop more effective treatment for the five 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 husbands 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. 100% of the authors royalties (20 to 40% of the purchase price) will benefit the Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation/Canada. Cover design by John R. Lewis

Author : Matthew Snyman
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784502855
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dementia Diaries written by Matthew Snyman and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the School Library Association's Information Book Award 2017 - 'Over 12' category. Brie's Granddad has always been a serious man, never without a newspaper and knowing the answer to everything. But now he keeps losing track of the conversation, and honestly, Brie doesn't really know how to speak to him. At first, Fred was annoyed that Gramps had come to live with them, it meant he had to give up his room! But then he starts to enjoy watching old films with him and spending time together... although there's the small problem of Gramps calling him Simon. Follow the stories of Brie, Fred, and other young carers as they try to understand and cope with their grandparents' dementia at all stages of the illness. Adapted from true stories, and supplemented with fun activities and discussion ideas, this book for children aged approximately 7-14 cuts to the truth of the experience of dementia and tackles stigma with a warm and open perspective.

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 : Keith Oliver
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784508985
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dear Alzheimer's written by Keith Oliver and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Oliver was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2010, and has since become a leading activist for dementia care, and an international speaker. Telling his story through a diary format, this book gives an unparalleled insight into what day-to-day life with dementia is like, and how he continued to live a full life after diagnosis.

Author : Raynetta Manees
Publisher : Raynetta Manees
ISBN 13 : 0985532459
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Alzheimer's Diary written by Raynetta Manees and published by Raynetta Manees. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mom, I think you may have Alzheimer's." These words were life changing for award winning novelist Raynetta Manees. Alzheimer's disease had already ravaged three generations of her family--her grandmother, mother, and brother. Now it was her turn to face the harrowing prospect of dementia for her own future. She shares her apprehensive journey of Alzheimer's diagnosis in this, her first non-fiction book. Manees focuses on the process of Alzheimer's diagnosis. This critical phase of the deadliest form of dementia is often inadequately addressed amid data on dementia warning signs and caregiver guidelines. Manees tackles this somber subject respectfully, but also with the light and often humorous touch that is her trademark. The book is a memoire, but additionally gives informational and technical insight, including the projected "Alzheimer's Tsunami."

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 : Margaret R. Miles
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498282385
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Goodbye written by Margaret R. Miles and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Long Goodbye: Dementia Diaries discusses a disease that is both personal and social for more than five million patients and their families and friends in the United States today. Now that there are medical strategies for preventing and/or curing strokes, heart attacks, even cancer, many more people are going to live into the dementia years in the near future. Although many dementia horror stories circulate in conversation and in the media, they are not the whole story. Creative approaches to loving a dementia patient can make for a valuable learning experience for family and caregivers. In The Long Goodbye Margaret Miles describes her commitment to making--rather than passively suffering--her spouse's dementia experience. Family and friends who accompany patients find embedded in the experience moments of great beauty, hilariously funny incidents, new companions, and life insights. The narrative provides both a travelogue and suggestions for a richly meaningful life passage for all participants. The Long Goodbye seeks to supply a balanced picture of a disease usually represented as unmitigated loss.

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 : Kim Howes Zabbia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577490074
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painted Diaries written by Kim Howes Zabbia and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful story of a mother and daughter writing and painting through Alzheimer's.

Author : Edwina Marino
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1481778552
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alzheimer’S Through Tears and Laughter written by Edwina Marino and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, there is a disease afflicting many people and arousing fear in those whose ages can start as young as forty years, and moving on through the sixties, seventy and eighty year old groups. It is known as Alzheimers Disease. This book is about sharing this experience with my sister-in-law who came down with this disease in her later years. She was eighty-four at the time and lived to be ninety four years old. I was encouraged to take notes and write about this by a doctor who told me I would be in a position to see its development every day for as long as she remained with me. He said, Take lots of notes. You will be able to observe so much more than I, because I dont spend that much time with a patient, and you will be with her day and night and observe the changes as they happen and what triggers her behavior. Good Luck! With that I started out on my ten year trip through the ups and downs, the good days and bad days of Alzheimers disease. Our days were laced with pain and humor, but I was determined to see it through, laughing a little and crying a lot, hoping the scenery would change, but finally surrendering to this fate that had come upon us. Our mantra became Lets laugh because if we dont we shall most certainly cry! I chose to care for her because I wanted her to be surrounded by love, music and laughter, in a place where we could laugh with her and cry with her and never be alone. Im glad I did.