By Leah Stanley, Texas, USA
One fine morning, my grandparents got in their car and drove away from their house. Four days later they turned up two hours away in a wrecked car on the side of the road—with no clue what had happened in between! Diagnosis: Dementia. Both of them. At the same time.
Stepping in to provide care for them was one of the toughest things I ever experienced. Everything happened all at once, and only being 29 years old myself, I didn’t know the first thing to do for them. Oh, I learned, alright—in the white-hot fire of mistakes and confusion.
Years later, after my grandparents had passed away and the technicalities of being a caregiver were done, I wrote my book, Goodnight, Sweet: A Caregiver’s Long Goodbye, because I wanted to do my best to ensure that no one else would ever be caught off guard as badly as I was. But even before the book was released, my publisher suggested I take it a step further by developing some well-researched educational material to aid people who are new or soon-to-be caregivers.
And so now I’m introducing my new book, Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia: Everything I Wish I Had Known. In it, readers will find a wealth of material and current information all compiled into an easy-to-understand guide. It’s actually available in two formats: one is “The Quick Reference Guide” which is a bullet point format; it will be very helpful for someone in a situation like mine where they need a lot of info super-quick. The other is “The Unabridged E-book,” a deep-dive covering multiple caregiving areas including legal, medical, financial, family relationships, safety and caregiver self-care.
All three books can be found on Amazon, but while my memoir is available both digitally and in paperback, the new materials are currently available in the digital format only.
About the Author
Leah Stanley was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where she grew up and attended college, meeting her husband, Chris, during their freshman year. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Memphis and has a background in corporate communications and freelance writing. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, son, daughter, and their boxer/beagle rescue dog Brooke.
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Twitter: @E3Cares
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