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What's Funny about Dementia?

Author : Jataun Rollins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999837900
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book What's Funny about Dementia? written by Jataun Rollins and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Funny About Dementia? Laugh to Keep From Crying is a memoir of the author and social worker, Jataun J. Rollins', personal journey in caregiving for her beloved grandmother, Maggie Passmore who survived Alzheimer's for about fifteen years. The author embraced laughter and spirituality to keep from crying as a live in caretaker and respite provider for her grandparents. She reflects about family participation, engagement and offers practical tips on managing the responsibilities of caregiving and identifying signs earlier on to prompt medical screening for Alzheimer's and other dementias to begin treatment. She endeavors to keep others encouraged to focus on the individual and not the disease. Memory loss is inevitable for the the survivor, but life still carries on inside them. Her book helps the reader to focus on the lucid moments and embrace the life they have left to live.

What’s so Funny About Dementia?

Author : Pam Mullarkey Robbins Ph.D.
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664237208
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book What’s so Funny About Dementia? written by Pam Mullarkey Robbins Ph.D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dr. Pam” uses her unique caregiving experiences to warm your hearts. You will laugh hilariously as she shares stories about caring for her mother who had Alzheimer’s dis-ease. In addition, reading about special intimate moments of a parent and child dealing with a disease, will allow you to identify with their pain and feel their frustrations. Each adventure will lighten your day and enable you to see people with dementia in a very different way. Getting through caregiving is difficult enough, but without a sense of humor, it can be totally exasperating! Using first hand experiences, Dr. Pam gives wonderful advice to help lighten the load for caregivers. She encourages people to continue running their race until they reach their finish line and finish their course.

What's So Funny About God?

Author : Steve Wilkens
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830855459
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book What's So Funny About God? written by Steve Wilkens and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jokes often touch on the biggest topics of our existence, but many Christians haven't taken humor seriously. This insightful yet delightful crash course from philosopher Steve Wilkens argues that viewing Scripture and theology through the lens of humor helps us understand the gospel and avoid the pitfalls of both naturalism and gnosticism, while facilitating a humble, honest, and appealing approach to faith.

All Gone

Author : Alex Witchel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101596996
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book All Gone written by Alex Witchel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daughter’s longing love letter to a mother who has slipped beyond reach. Just past seventy, Alex Witchel’s smart, adoring, ultracapable mother began to exhibit undeniable signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring, ultracapable daughter reacted as she’d been raised: If something was broken, they would fix it. But as medical reality undid that hope, and her mother continued the torturous process of disappearing in plain sight, Witchel retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim her mother at the stove by cooking the comforting foods of her childhood: “Is there any contract tighter than a family recipe?” Reproducing the perfect meat loaf was no panacea, but it helped Witchel come to terms with her predicament, the growing phenomenon of “ambiguous loss ”— loss of a beloved one who lives on. Gradually she developed a deeper appreciation for all the ways the parent she was losing lived on in her, starting with the daily commandment “Tell me everything that happened today” that started a future reporter and writer on her way. And she was inspired to turn her experience into this frank, bittersweet, and surprisingly funny account that offers true balm for an increasingly familiar form of heartbreak.

Grandma, It's Me!

Author : Y. Y. Chan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789887558958
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)

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Download or read book Grandma, It's Me! written by Y. Y. Chan and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley loves spending time with her grandparents, but after visiting them one day, she notices Grandma doesn't recognize her. Mommy explains that Grandma may have dementia, so her memory isn't as good as it used to be. Riley tries her best to help Grandma remember and writes about their time together in her diary. This uplifting and touching story encourages young readers to support and care for the elderly with love, patience and understanding. Written as a series of diary entries, Grandma, It's Me! also encourages journaling as a way to process emotions and feelings in order to become resilient to face life's many challenges. An Activity Pack (including reading comprehension questions, project ideas, templates, coloring pages and more) is also available for download at https: //bit.ly/yychan_grandma Foreword by Teresa B.K.Tsien (Gerontologist Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association Board Member) "...The story was written with a dash of humor and lots of love from a child's perspective. It helps to take away some of the mystery, and reminds us that even though the disease has changed the mind and body, the person with dementia is still there, and still loves us. She has illustrated an important message that people with dementia might not remember the events, but they will always remember the feelings that they experienced... I highly recommend this book to families and schools." Recommended and Endorsed by Dementia and Alzheimer's Professionals and Families on the Dementia Journey "A very sweet way to present the challenges a loved one faces when someone dear to them is going through this disease. I found that many aspects of dementia / Alzhei- mer's were touched upon. I see this process every day in my profession. One of my very favorite sayings is "to love them through it". This is a shining example of doing just that-loving someone through it." - Cindy Swanda LPN Memory Support Director, Fremont, Nebraska, USA "... The book has been a blessing for me-I think for the past two years taking care of my mom, I sometimes have a picture in my mind that is full of grey-and oh so dreary! This has lifted my spir- it up and I find that nowadays, even when I think of my mom, the picture has become more colorful." - Serene Low, Singapore Five Star Reviews from Readers' Favorite "... Grandma, It's Me! A Children's Book about Dementia, is a caring, compassionate way to teach young readers about memory loss and how they can help... Young readers will certainly connect with Riley's feelings as she deals with a difficult and confusing situation affecting someone she loves. The power of love shines through this touching story. Beautifully told." - Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite "... This book offers so many wonders in learning about the journey of loved ones living with dementia or Alzheimer's and those who care for them... I loved this book and highly recommend it for young and old alike." - Vernita Naylor for Readers' Favorite

The Problem of Alzheimer's

Author : Jason Karlawish
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250218748
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Alzheimer's written by Jason Karlawish and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive and compelling book on one of today's most prevalent illnesses. In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer’s, and more than half a million died because of the disease and its devastating complications. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their seventies and eighties, the number of patients will rise to an estimated 13.8 million by 2050. Part case studies, part meditation on the past, present and future of the disease, The Problem of Alzheimer's traces Alzheimer’s from its beginnings to its recognition as a crisis. While it is an unambiguous account of decades of missed opportunities and our health care systems’ failures to take action, it tells the story of the biomedical breakthroughs that may allow Alzheimer’s to finally be prevented and treated by medicine and also presents an argument for how we can live with dementia: the ways patients can reclaim their autonomy and redefine their sense of self, how families can support their loved ones, and the innovative reforms we can make as a society that would give caregivers and patients better quality of life. Rich in science, history, and characters, The Problem of Alzheimer's takes us inside laboratories, patients' homes, caregivers’ support groups, progressive care communities, and Jason Karlawish's own practice at the Penn Memory Center.

Memory's Last Breath

Author : Gerda Saunders
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316502634
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Memory's Last Breath written by Gerda Saunders and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "courageous and singular book" (Andrew Solomon), Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir -- "an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia" (Shelf Awareness). Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Gerda Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa. "For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders'] words are truly enlightening . . . Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia." -- Maria Shriver, NBC's Today Show

Dementia Reimagined

Author : Tia Powell
Publisher : Avery
ISBN 13 : 073521090X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Dementia Reimagined written by Tia Powell and published by Avery. This book was released on 2019 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia--not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great. In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day; by the time a person reaches 85, their chances of having dementia approach 50 percent. And the truth is, there is no cure, and none coming soon, despite the perpetual promises by pharmaceutical companies that they are just one more expensive study away from a pill. Dr. Powell's goal is to move the conversation away from an exclusive focus on cure to a genuine appreciation of care--what we can do for those who have dementia, and how to keep life meaningful and even joyful. Reimagining Dementia is a moving combination of medicine and memoir, peeling back the untold history of dementia, from the story of Solomon Fuller, a black doctor whose research at the turn of the twentieth century anticipated important aspects of what we know about dementia today, to what has been gained and lost with the recent bonanza of funding for Alzheimer's at the expense of other forms of the disease. In demystifying dementia, Dr. Powell helps us understand it with clearer eyes, from the point of view of both physician and caregiver. Ultimately, she wants us all to know that dementia is not only about loss--it's also about the preservation of dignity and hope.

What's Happening to Grandpa?

Author : Maria Shriver
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316049212
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book What's Happening to Grandpa? written by Maria Shriver and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-11-16 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate has always adored her grandpa's storytelling - but lately he's been repeating the same stories again and again. One day, he even forgets Kate's name. Her mother's patient explanations open Kate's eyes to what so many of the elderly must confront: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. Determined to support her grandfather, Kate explores ways to help him - and herself - cope by creating a photo album of their times together, memories that will remain in their hearts forever.

Creative Care

Author : Anne Basting
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062906194
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Creative Care written by Anne Basting and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven method that uses the creative arts to bring light and joy to the lives of elders. In Creative Care, Anne Basting lays the groundwork for a widespread transformation in our approach to elder care and uses compelling, touching stories to inspire and guide us all—family, friends, and health professionals—in how to connect and interact with those living with dementia. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Basting tells the story of how she pioneered a radical change in how we interact with our older loved ones. Now used around the world, this proven method has brought light and joy to the lives of elders—and those who care for them. Here, for the first time, everyone can learn these methods. Early in her career, Basting noticed a problem: today’s elderly—especially those experiencing dementia and Alzheimer’s— are often isolated in nursing homes or segregated in elder-care settings, making the final years of life feel lonely and devoid of meaning. To alleviate their sense of aloneness, Basting developed a radical approach that combines methods from the world of theater and improvisation with evidence-based therapies that connect people using their own creativity and imagination. Rooted in twenty-five years of research, these new techniques draw on core creative exercises—such as “Yes, and . . .” and “Beautiful Questions.” This approach fosters storytelling and active listening, allowing elders to freely share ideas and stories without worrying about getting the details “correct.” Basting’s research has shown that these practices stimulate the brain and awaken the imagination to add wonder and awe to patients’ daily lives—and provide them a means of connection, both with the world and with those caring for them. Creative Care promises to bring light and hope to a community that needs it most.

A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia

Author : Helen Buell Whitworth, MS, BSN
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1935281445
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia written by Helen Buell Whitworth, MS, BSN and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Received a 2012 Caregiver Friendly Award from Today's Caregiver Magazine Although Lewy Body Dementia is the second leading cause of degenerative dementia in the elderly, it is not well known or understood and is often confused with Alzheimer' Disease or Parkinson's. The Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia is the first book ot present a thorough picture of what Lewy Body Dementia really is. A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia is written in everyday language and filled with personal examples that connect to the readers' own experiences. It includes quick fact and caregiving tips for easy reference, a comprehensive resource guide, and a glossary of terms and acronyms. This is the ideal resource for caregivers, family members, and friends of individuals seeking to understand Lewy Body Dementia.

Thinking About Dementia

Author : Annette Leibing
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813539277
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Thinking About Dementia written by Annette Leibing and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural responses to most illnesses differ; dementia is no exception. These responses, together with a society's attitudes toward its elderly population, affect the frequency of dementia-related diagnoses and the nature of treatment. Bringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this unique volume approaches the subject from a variety of angles, exploring the historical, psychological, and philosophical implications of dementia. Based on solid ethnographic fieldwork, the essays employ a cross-cultural perspective and focus on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect. Taken together, the essays make four important and interrelated contributions to our understanding of the mental status of the elderly. First, cross-cultural data show the extent to which the aging process, while biologically influenced, is also very much culturally constructed. Second, detailed ethnographic reports raise questions about the behavioral criteria used by health care professionals and laymen for defining the elderly as demented. Third, case studies show how a diagnosis affects a patient's treatment in both clinical and familial settings. Finally, the collection highlights the gap that separates current biological understandings of aging from its cultural meanings. As Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia continue to command an ever-increasing amount of attention in medicine and psychology, this book will be essential reading for anthropologists, social scientists, and health care professionals.

The Law and Ethics of Dementia

Author : Charles Foster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849468192
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Law and Ethics of Dementia written by Charles Foster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dementia is a topic of enormous human, medical, economic, legal and ethical importance. Its importance grows as more of us live longer. The legal and ethical problems it raises are complex, intertwined and under-discussed. This book brings together contributions from clinicians, lawyers and ethicists – all of them world leaders in the field of dementia – and is a comprehensive, scholarly yet accessible library of all the main (and many of the fringe) perspectives. It begins with the medical facts: what is dementia? Who gets it? What are the current and future therapeutic and palliative options? What are the main challenges for medical and nursing care? The story is then taken up by the ethicists, who grapple with questions such as: is it legitimate to lie to dementia patients if that is a kind thing to do? Who is the person whose memory, preferences and personality have all been transformed by their disease? Should any constraints be placed on the sexual activity of patients? Are GPS tracking devices an unpardonable interference with the patient's freedom? These issues, and many more, are then examined through legal lenses. The book closes with accounts from dementia sufferers and their carers. It is the first and only book of its kind, and the authoritative text. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

Fragments:Growing Up Bohemian Poor In Dementia's House

Author : Susan Canavarro
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450047785
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Fragments:Growing Up Bohemian Poor In Dementia's House written by Susan Canavarro and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragments: Growing up Bohemian Poor In Dementia’s House, a collection of illustrated short stories about growing up bohemian poor with an artist father and crazy, zany mother, paints the author’s life as a child, teenager, and adult dealing with a mentally ill mother who slid into dementia in her later years. Memories, triggered by houses the author lived in from 1950 to 1964 and later, physical houses, metaphorical houses or spaces, or a house of dementia, transport you through turmoil and joy. A quick read, it’s got humor, tragedy, nudity, and sex.

The Things We Keep

Author : Sally Hepworth
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 146685264X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Things We Keep written by Sally Hepworth and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With huge heart, humor, and a compassionate understanding of human nature, Sally Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel about the power of love to grow and endure even when faced with the most devastating of obstacles. You won’t forget The Things We Keep. Anna Forster is only thirty-eight years old, but her mind is slowly slipping away from her. Armed only with her keen wit and sharp-eyed determination, she knows that her family is doing what they believe to be best when they take her to Rosalind House, an assisted living facility. But Anna has a secret: she does not plan on staying. She also knows there's just one another resident who is her age, Luke. What she does not expect is the love that blossoms between her and Luke even as she resists her new life. As her disease steals more and more of her memory, Anna fights to hold on to what she knows, including her relationship with Luke. Eve Bennett, suddenly thrust into the role of single mother to her bright and vivacious seven-year-old daughter, finds herself putting her culinary training to use at Rosalind house. When she meets Anna and Luke, she is moved by the bond the pair has forged. But when a tragic incident leads Anna's and Luke's families to separate them, Eve finds herself questioning what she is willing to risk to help them. Eve has her own secrets, and her own desperate circumstances that raise the stakes even higher.

Visual Thinking Strategies

Author : Philip Yenawine
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 1612506119
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Visual Thinking Strategies written by Philip Yenawine and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice "What’s going on in this picture?" With this one question and a carefully chosen work of art, teachers can start their students down a path toward deeper learning and other skills now encouraged by the Common Core State Standards. The Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) teaching method has been successfully implemented in schools, districts, and cultural institutions nationwide, including bilingual schools in California, West Orange Public Schools in New Jersey, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It provides for open-ended yet highly structured discussions of visual art, and significantly increases students’ critical thinking, language, and literacy skills along the way. Philip Yenawine, former education director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and cocreator of the VTS curriculum, writes engagingly about his years of experience with elementary school students in the classroom. He reveals how VTS was developed and demonstrates how teachers are using art—as well as poems, primary documents, and other visual artifacts—to increase a variety of skills, including writing, listening, and speaking, across a range of subjects. The book shows how VTS can be easily and effectively integrated into elementary classroom lessons in just ten hours of a school year to create learner-centered environments where students at all levels are involved in rich, absorbing discussions.

Losing My Mind

Author : Thomas DeBaggio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743216725
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Losing My Mind written by Thomas DeBaggio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tom DeBaggio turned fifty-seven in 1999, he thought he was about to embark on the relaxing golden years of retirement -- time to spend with his family, his friends, the herb garden he had spent decades cultivating and from which he made a living. Then, one winter day, he mentioned to his doctor during a routine exam that he had been stumbling into forgetfulness, making his work difficult. After that fateful visit, and a subsequent battery of tests over several months, DeBaggio joined the legion of twelve million others afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. But under such a curse, DeBaggio was also given one of the greatest gifts: the ability to chart the ups and downs of his own failing mind. Losing My Mind is an extraordinary first-person account of early onset Alzheimer's -- the form of the disease that ravages younger, more alert minds. DeBaggio started writing on the first day of his diagnosis and has continued despite his slipping grasp on one of life's greatest treasures, memory. In an inspiring and detailed account, DeBaggio paints a vivid picture of the splendor of memory and the pain that comes from its loss. Whether describing the happy days of a youth spent in a much more innocent time or evaluating how his disease has affected those around him, DeBaggio poignantly depicts one of the most important parts of our lives -- remembrance -- and how we often take it for granted. But to DeBaggio, memory is more than just an account of a time long past, it is one's ability to function, to think, and ultimately, to survive. As his life becomes reduced to moments of clarity, the true power of thought and his ability to connect to the world shine through, and in DeBaggio's case, it is as much in the lack of functioning as it is in the ability to function that one finds love, hope and the relaxing golden years of peace. At once an autobiography, a medical history and a testament to the beauty of memory, Losing My Mind is more than just a story of Alzheimer's, it is the captivating tale of one man's battle to stay connected with the world and his own life.