When Duty Becomes Privilege: Reframing Caregiving with Florrie Munat
By Christy Byrne Yates, MS, LEP, California, US This is a replay of our book club discussion with our friends at Aging & Amazing. “Books & Chit Chat” is a monthly book
By Christy Byrne Yates, MS, LEP, California, US This is a replay of our book club discussion with our friends at Aging & Amazing. “Books & Chit Chat” is a monthly book
Marc Alderdice , Maryland, USA My memoir is about my wife Mary’s and my trek through the various stages of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Initially I did not intend to write a book.
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA When Sandra Strauss’ husband, Rick, suddenly manifested a wide array of physical and behavioral symptoms, she was determined to uncover the truth behind the cause. Unbeknownst
By Myrna Marofsky, Minnesota, USA To The Last Dance, A Partner’s Story of Living and Loving Through Dementia is the book I wish I’d read when I was a caregiver. When my
by Sandra C. Strauss, Florida, USA Without credible answers from mainstream medicine regarding what mysterious illness had stricken Rick, my seemingly robust and healthy 59-year-old husband, I embarked upon a fervent journey of discovery.
By Nicole Bell, North Carolina, USA I’ve always enjoyed writing. Even as a little girl, I overanalyzed the world around me. Conversations and events lingered and looped in my brain as if
We Danced: Our Story of Love and Dementia by Scott Rose Love sustains. Dementia impacts the mental, physical, financial, social, and spiritual health of everyone it touches, but love endures that storm.
By Anthony Copeland-Parker When my partner, Catherine and I were in our 50s, we found out in short order that I needed a heart valve replacement, and she had early-onset Alzheimer’s. We
By Marilyn Reynolds In July of 2009, when my sixty-nine-year old husband, Michael Reynolds, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), neither I nor any of our family or friends had ever heard
By Renée Harmon I’ve never successfully surfed before, and on my one and only attempt, I dislocated my shoulder. It happened on a family vacation to Costa Rica, but it was not
