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And This Is Called Love Dementia When It Becomes An Intruder How A Couple Coped When It Came Into Their Lives
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Book Synopsis And this is Called Love -- : Dementia, when it Becomes an Intruder : how a Couple Coped when it Came Into Their Lives by : Violet Doreen Squires Ruelokke
Download or read book And this is Called Love -- : Dementia, when it Becomes an Intruder : how a Couple Coped when it Came Into Their Lives written by Violet Doreen Squires Ruelokke and published by Portugal Cove, NL : ESP Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - ONE COUPLE'S JOURNEY by : Frances Siegel
Download or read book LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - ONE COUPLE'S JOURNEY written by Frances Siegel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guidepost for caregivers and families of Alzheimer's patients, an objective but emotion-filled assessment of how to handle life when the one you love the most begins gradually to lose memories and reason, and medical science cannot restore what is lost or offer any cure. The focus is the case of a prominent scholar with dementia and the impact of the illness on his marriage of 40 years. Frances Siegel kept track of her husband's symptoms, the behaviors that showed a slow but accelerating loss of cognitive function. The author offers her journey of adaptation and adjustment to the changes in their lives. Compassion and love alone become the guides of her existence as she grows in understanding. Readers will be moved and guided by her experiences. The foreword is by the Co-Director of the Neuropsychiatric and Memory Group of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Book Synopsis I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die by : Sarah J. Robinson
Download or read book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Book Synopsis Alzheimer's, A Love Story by : Ron W Jackson
Download or read book Alzheimer's, A Love Story written by Ron W Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your wife has Alzheimer's" the doctor declared, news that made Ron feel as if he'd just been run over by an eighteen-wheeler. His worst fear was now a reality. What were they going to do? What should Ron, do, and what was their life going to be like now? So many questions with so few answers. Ron knew Alzheimer's was a terrible disease, that it might even be fatal, but other than that, he knew very little. He was scared; he loved his wife and vowed to find a way to fight this; this thing called Alzheimer's. Ella, however, seemed oblivious as to what had just happened. After the doctor's diagnoses, Ron spent many sleepless nights, and several weeks of research, before finalizing his battle plan. His goal, keep his precious wife Ella in the game, keep her interested and involved in their daily life. His strategy involved using four simple, but powerful words as weapons to slow Alzheimer's progress and prevent it from stealing their lifelong happiness. The four words, love, humor, patience, and pictures were easy to say, but learning to use them as weapons required determination and practice. These four little but powerful words allowed Ron to keep his vow and prevent Alzheimer's from destroying their lives. Until the last couple of weeks of Ron and Ella's ten-year journey, Ella remained connected. She never exhibited any of the aggressive behavior or personality changes, that are routinely shown in the final stage of Alzheimer's. And most important for Ron, she was still able to smile and tell him she loved him. Are senior moments just that, or are they the first signs of Alzheimer's? Alzheimer's is not a selector of persons; its victims are chosen randomly. One of them could be you or someone you love; requiring you to become a caregiver. Ron and Ella's love, courage, and strength can be your roadmap to preventing Alzheimer's from destroying your life or the lives of someone you love. Their journey, their stories, some that will have you crying, others laughing, will help you understand Alzheimer's and know; that if or when Alzheimer's invades your space, your life will be enriched and your burden as a victim or caregiver can be eased with the help Ron offers here.
Book Synopsis Our Dementia Diary by : Rachael Dixey
Download or read book Our Dementia Diary written by Rachael Dixey and published by Medina Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a love story from start to finish, Irene and Rachael's. Based on the diaries of Rachael Dixey who looked after her civil partner Irene after she developed early onset Alzheimer's disease, the book opens with the lines: Irene, Alzheimer's and me - Alzheimer's came between us. It does that, drives you and the love of your life apart, going your separate ways because you cannot follow. That's the story really, that's it. The end. But it is also the beginning of the story, which shows how life can still be lived despite losing a life partner to dementia, and how to cope emotionally and practically with a disease that robs you of your loved one a thousand times before they die. The story charts the daily decline and inexorable loss of Irene to dementia. With the dramatic deterioration in Irene's health Rachael turns from lover and soul mate to career and, finally, single woman. Eventually, no longer able to cope with Irene at home, she makes the agonizing decision to allow Irene to be put in a care home. There she spent her last six years. When she died aged 66, the couple had spent half their life together. This book is a powerful and moving account of the progression of dementia, and raises serious questions about how our society cares for those who develop the disease, especially at a young age and in the gay, lesbian community. It also deals with loss and grief, during the illness and afterwards. Their memoir will be invaluable for anyone affected by dementia, those working in mental health and those caring for a loved one with a life-changing and incurable illness. Our Dementia Diary tells with brutal honesty of love, loss and life with Alzheimer's and opens up discussion of how dementia can be handled better.
Book Synopsis Living With Thunder by : Joe Brazeal
Download or read book Living With Thunder written by Joe Brazeal and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first fifteen years of our marriage, we were the typical couple. All was well. Our three children were stable and for all intents and purposes, we were the average American family. Like weather slowly changing from calm to tornadic, our lives became a living hell on earth. But slowly, slowly, slowly, the love of my life, my wife Kimberly, began to change. We tried to keep our problems within our immediate family but the reality of the insanity devastated us. We couldn't hide from it anymore. First came the headaches, then the medications to ease the pain, and finally a cocktail of medications and alcohol to slow the progression of what I later learned was her brain fragmenting and disintegrating. No one knew; not even me. We treated the symptoms until her behavior became insurmountable and uncontrollable.The brain is a mystery and remains unharnessed. The power is beyond the scope of human imagination. This oddity called dementia or Alzheimer's disease has been with mankind since the beginning. What is known is that there is a breakdown in the brain. Its highways of communication become gridlocked. Essentially, it starves itself. There is no effective treatment and this disease is irreversible.Forty-seven million people worldwide and nearly six million in the United States have been diagnosed. Of those diagnosed in the United States, 200,000 fall into the category of early-onset. Sadly, it is the 6th leading cause of death. One in ten over the age of sixty-five will become lost in their own mind. These numbers are expected to triple by 2050 with cost skyrocketing. We are facing an epidemic as the baby boomer generation age. What used to be attributed as old age, is now considered Alzheimer's in some shape or fashion. Let's not rule out, sometimes folks just forget. The forgetfulness could be attributed to vitamin deficiency or caused by a thyroid imbalance. There are many factors including genetics, diet, exercise, and environment. Like anything else, if you don't use it, you lose it. This is not just an old person's disease. This disease can strike as early as age twenty-seven.The financial, physical, and emotional toll will be astronomical. Although there are no known cures or effective treatments advances are made every day. This book is a journey of hope. You'll discover coping mechanisms not found anywhere else. Know this, you are not alone. Much like an upcoming hurricane of epic proportions, knowledge is power. Having these tools provide preparation for living with thunder and the aftermath. Ignorance is not bliss. There is a God. You are not forgotten. Never give up.
Download or read book Now Vegan NE written by Kate Swaffer and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dementia is never one personrsquo;s illness. Its ripples spread wide, enveloping family, touching friends and bumping up against professional services and care. Dementia can be cruel mdash; hard for those affected and sometimes even harder for care partners. When Alzheimerrsquo;s and other dementia came out of the cupboard in the late 1970s, lots of advice was provided for carers or caregivers (as care partners are commonly called) with support groups internationally focusing on them. In the last decade the voice of people with dementia is now being heard more clearly. In the past, the emphasis was on the negative aspects, which of course exist. Now we are hearing about how to live with the positive. This book is unique! It stands out from the thousands of books that have been published on dementia. It is told from the viewpoint of a person who has been living successfully with dementia and a researcher interested in living well in later life and with dementia. When Kate Swaffer was diagnosed with dementia before her fiftieth birthday, she eventually rejected the prevailing dogma of Prescribed Disengagementreg;. She prescribed her own formula of engagement which includes writing mdash; this book is just one of her contributions mdash; studying for her PhD and advocating. And when Kate is not travelling to Geneva to talk to the United Nations or attending a conference, she is a wife and a person who wants to enjoy life. In living with dementia, Kate has developed strategies on how to cope with her disAbilities. We can all benefit by learning from her. Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low has a wealth of experience working first as a nursing assistant in home care, as a clinical psychologist and as an academic researching dementia. Lee-Fay is creative and empathic. She is on a mission to put fun back into life for seniors and especially for people with dementia. It was Lee-Fay who led the SMILE study, which demonstrated that humour therapy could reduce agitation and improve depression and quality of life for residents of nursing homes who had dementia and were rated as behaviourally disturbed. It was Lee-Fay who spearheaded a dance intervention in nursing homes. Lee-Fay also conceived and evaluated a program for community workers to positively engage older people receiving community care. With such a dynamic duo of authors you can expect a book that is constructive and upbeat. But itrsquo;s not Pollyanna! Itrsquo;s realistic and tells it as it is. The difference with this book is that Kate and Lee-Fay offer strategies and solutions. Their account is practical. It takes the reader step-by-step through the basics and then outlines different issues from diagnosis to legal issues to incontinence. You, the reader, will learn about the differences between the different types of dementia, Alzheimerrsquo;s, Lewy body disease and frontal lobe dementia. You may have had questions about the different drugs for Alzheimerrsquo;s and the latest lsquo;miracle curesrsquo; that regularly appear in the media. Does coconut oil work? What are the scams? Does exercise help? Does computer cognitive training work beyond the computer? What is the best diet? When should I arrange Enduring Power of Attorney? How is Power of Attorney different to Guardianship? Are pets good for you? Dementia requires a partnership over the long haul between persons living with dementia and their care partner, family and friends, doctors, nurses, community services, residential care and sometimes palliative care. Swaffer and Low describe what services are available. Currently, services are set up to be reactive, only coming into play in response to problems or crises. I have long advocated for a system of key workers, who would guide the person with dementia and their care partner through the complex and often bewildering maze of services. Unfortunately, we do not have such a system; yet, this book is a personal guide on how to face the challenges that the ever-changing face of dementia presents over time. I particularly liked the chapter on Living with Dementia. Communication is so important to how couples relate generally; in dementia itrsquo;s critical. There is a table in which Kate and Lee-Fay describe a care partnerrsquo;s communications and actions and the reactions of the spouse with dementia and how these could have been handled better. The book does not shy away from the sensitive issues that so often are avoided mdash; all focusing on the viewpoint of the person with dementia. You and your care partner will be interested to read about the right to sexual desire and relationships, how a person with dementia and the personrsquo;s care partner handle the transition from driving, how to compensate for declining competency when still working, how to handle holidays and how to manage Christmas and family celebrations. And what if you become irritated with your care partner and your care partner becomes irritated with you? Kate and Lee-Fay beautifully describe dilemmas that arise. This book is an affirmation that dementia is a word not a sentence. A diagnosis is the beginning of a new phase, one that most of us fear, but one that can be met and challenged. There is so much that we mdash; people with dementia, family care partners, friends, or aged care and health workers mdash; can all do to maximise a positive life for many years. Professor Henry Brodaty AO MB BS MD DSc FRACP FRANZCP
Book Synopsis The Other End of the Leash by : Patricia McConnell, Ph.D.
Download or read book The Other End of the Leash written by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate with your dog—using their language “Good reading for dog lovers and an immensely useful manual for dog owners.”—The Washington Post An Applied Animal Behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years’ experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell reveals a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs—sharing insights on how “man’s best friend” might interpret our behavior, as well as essential advice on how to interact with our four-legged friends in ways that bring out the best in them. After all, humans and dogs are two entirely different species, each shaped by its individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (as are wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the ways we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you will discover: • How you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a primate and more like a dog • Why the advice to “get dominance” over your dog can cause problems • Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble—and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of mischief • How dogs and humans share personality types—and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alpha wanna-bes!” Fascinating, insightful, and compelling, The Other End of the Leash is a book that strives to help you connect with your dog in a completely new way—so as to enrich that most rewarding of relationships.
Author :Carol Heckman-Owen Publisher :Pathfinder Publishing of California ISBN 13 :9780934793414 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (934 download)
Book Synopsis Life with Charlie by : Carol Heckman-Owen
Download or read book Life with Charlie written by Carol Heckman-Owen and published by Pathfinder Publishing of California. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to being a touching love story, this book also advises spouses of dementia sufferers on how to cope while retaining their hope and sanity.
Download or read book Love Never Ends written by Bob Wahl and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who would like to know what happens to a beautiful, vibrant person who becomes afflicted by dementia, or to what those who love such a person will endure as the disease progresses, Bob Wahl's book, Love Never Ends is a well-conceptualized and written resource. The book well describes a couple's initial bewilderment by the unusual things a victim gradually begins to do and say, the unusual "accidents" that begin to happen, the things that begin to demand an extraordinary amount of understanding, love, care, patience, and time from the primary caregivers along with all of their other responsibilities. This only becomes more intense and stressful as the disease worsens. The gradual recognition that things are only going to become that is so disheartening-seeing their loved one gradually become immobile, unable to communicate verbally, unable to feed themselves, etc. All this is described vividly in Bob's revealing, empathetic yet wrenching account. The toll this takes on loved ones-especially the spouse-the shattered plans and dreams, the anguish of witnessing the continuing decline tends to be emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually devastating. Bob's account is especially helpful on what helped him most on the spiritual level. Though he questioned God at times, he nonetheless persisted in his belief in Him, realizing from Scripture that was absolutely necessary for being able to expect His help. Because of that conviction, he continued to go to Him in prayer; and because of that, vital help often came. As he put it, after some desperate praying, he "sensed an easing of the weight, a dawning grace... that gave new strength and courage." Bob's account also provides considerable insight into what has occurred in his life since Beverley's death. It is remarkable how he has survived emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually and bounced back from his ordeal. This seems to me to be eloquent evidence that with God's help a person can come through severe trials with their sense of understanding and well being intact. Through it all, Bob hung on to the Bible's promise (ll Corinthians 12:9) that God's grace would be sufficient for those who trust Him--including him. Some evidence which Bob provides shows that it has been. In addition to providing much useful information about dementia, Bob's book is a wonderful account of how God brought one of His children through a horrendous test. I congratulate him on making the effort to write the book. It means that many others may now be helped by it.. Dr. Cliff Maier, Retired Emeritus Professor, Northern Michigan University 1968-1993.
Book Synopsis When Only Love Remains by : Lauren Dykovitz
Download or read book When Only Love Remains written by Lauren Dykovitz and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt lost or alone on your Alzheimer's journey? Then stop what you're doing and read this book. In her achingly beautiful second memoir, Lauren shares every detail of her mom's battle with Early Onset Alzheimer's in a way that makes you feel like you lived it yourself. Lauren writes about becoming a caregiver for her mom and the moment she realized she needed to take a step back and just be her daughter again. She shares her family's bumpy road to hiring in-home care and finding the right caregiver for her mom. Lauren also writes about all of the other life events that happened during her mom's battle, as we all know that life does not stop for an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Lauren vulnerably and authentically shares her thoughts and feelings throughout her entire journey, including her struggles with guilt, grief, and depression. She beautifully describes her relationship with her mom and their unbreakable bond, even in the days leading up to her mom's death. Lauren also shares why she refused to believe that her mom really didn't know her and much more of the profound insight she gained along the way. Lauren is an incredible storyteller. Her writing will resonate with you in a way nothing else has and her story will comfort and inspire you. As Lauren likes to say, she's not an expert on Alzheimer's disease, but she is an expert on loving someone who has it. Her book will change your perspective on Alzheimer's and your relationship with your loved one as she encourages you to stop expecting and start accepting. Lauren is also the author of Learning to Weather the Storm: A Story of Life, Love, and Alzheimer's, in which she shares the first part of her story and how she came to accept her mom's diagnosis with Early Onset Alzheimer's. For more of Lauren's writing, visit lifeloveandalzheimers.com. You can email Lauren at [email protected]. You can also follow Lauren on Facebook at Life, Love, and Alzheimer's, on Instagram @lifeloveandalzheimers, and on Twitter @laurendykovitz.
Download or read book Blindsight written by Peter Watts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis Hope for the Caregiver by : Peter Rosenberger
Download or read book Hope for the Caregiver written by Peter Rosenberger and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are 65.7 million caregivers in America, making up 29 percent of the U.S. adult population. Where does the caregiver turn when dealing with their own need for encouragement and renewal?
Download or read book Memory Wall written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review). Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In "The River Nemunas," a teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in "Afterworld," the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson. Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.
Author :MD Faan Daniel C Potts Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781512321975 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (219 download)
Book Synopsis Finding Joy in Alzheimer's by : MD Faan Daniel C Potts
Download or read book Finding Joy in Alzheimer's written by MD Faan Daniel C Potts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a hope-filled book about Alzheimer's caregiving. It was written by Marie Marley, PhD - a well-known author on dementia issues - and neurologist Daniel C. Potts, MD, FAAN, both experts on caregiving. With a Foreword by Maria Shriver, this groundbreaking volume will give you hope in the midst of the darkness of Alzheimer's and other dementias. You can come to terms with your loved one's condition and free yourself to experience joyous interactions. Part I covers a variety of issues, such as the authors' belief that people with Alzheimer's can still enjoy life, how to overcome denial, five especially difficult situations, the role of grief on the journey to acceptance, and letting go of resentment through making peace with God. In Part II the authors provide 55 helpful tips for visiting people with Alzheimer's. Part III consists of numerous short stories illustrating the authors' joyous interactions with their loved ones. The stories will warm your heart and light your way along the path to achieving true joy.
Book Synopsis Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by : Roz Chast
Download or read book Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? written by Roz Chast and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of denial, avoidance, and distraction. But when Elizabeth Chast climbed a ladder to locate an old souvenir from the “crazy closet”-with predictable results-the tools that had served Roz well through her parents' seventies, eighties, and into their early nineties could no longer be deployed. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies-an anxious father who had relied heavily on his wife for stability as he slipped into dementia and a former assistant principal mother whose overbearing personality had sidelined Roz for decades-the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. An amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant will show the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller.
Book Synopsis Slow Dancing with a Stranger by : Meryl Comer
Download or read book Slow Dancing with a Stranger written by Meryl Comer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction. When Meryl Comer’s husband Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer sheds intensive light on this national health crisis, using her personal experiences—the mistakes and the breakthroughs—to put a face to a misunderstood disease, while revealing the facts everyone needs to know. Pragmatic and relentless, Meryl has dedicated herself to fighting Alzheimer’s and raising public awareness. “Nothing I do is really about me; it’s all about making sure no one ends up like me,” she writes. Deeply personal and illuminating, Slow Dancing With a Stranger offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer’s challenges. It is also an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future, instead of being controlled by a disease and a healthcare system unable to fight it.
